We are very pleased to announce that from today trial access to Slave Trading Records from William Davenport & Co., 1745-1797 and Slave Trade Records from Liverpool, 1754-1792 is available to 6 July 2022 for Cambridge University members.
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Slave Trading Records from William Davenport & Co., 1745-1797
William Davenport was a Liverpool merchant and British slave trader. From the late 1740s till the early 1790s, he invested regularly in the African slave trade and was a partner in slaving ventures with other leading merchant Liverpool families.
Slave Trade Records from Liverpool, 1754-1792
This collection offers a window into one of the darkest episodes of Britain’s history. Over the course of the 18th century, Liverpool became Britain’s busiest and most profitable slave-trading port in the country. The practice of slavery was abolished in 1807 but not before British merchants had gained unimaginable wealth at the expense of enslaved African people, who were sold to new markets in the Americas.
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DAVENPORT PAPERS AND SLAVE TRADE RECORDS FROM LIVERPOOL (BRITISH ONLINE ARCHIVES) – Make sure to explore the trial access to this important resource! Ends 6th July.