Lancaster slave trade

Lancaster, Lancashire, a port city in north-west England, was involved in the transatlantic slave trade. Lancaster's part in the trade developed in the 17th and was linked to that of Liverpool also in north-west England. It became the fourth largest slave-trading centre in England^[1] and the most prominent in Lancashire.^[2] Lancaster slavers became influential within the city, and also played a role in getting parliamentary support for the development of the Port of Lancaster.

Prominent Lancaster slavers

• Abraham Rawlinson (1738–1803), MP for Lancaster
• Charles Inman (1725-1767), commissioner for the Lancaster Port Commission
• Thomas Hinde (1720 – 1798), twice Mayor of Lancaster
• Dodshon Foster (1755-1758), commissioner for the Lancaster Port Commission
• Thomas Satterthwaite(1755-1758), commissioner for the Lancaster Port Commission^[2]
• Robert Dodson (1764-1767)^[3]

References

1. Tyler, Imogen (13 July 2020). "Decolonising Lancaster: a Preliminary Resource List for local teachers and community groups working on Lancaster's Slavery and Plantation histories". Professor Imogen Tyler. Imogen Tyler. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
2. Moffitt, Dominic (14 June 2020). "A 2000-year history of slavery across Lancashire". LancsLive. LancsLive. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
3. Laurens, Henry (1968). The papers of Henry Laurens. Columbia: South Carolina Historical Society.

Further reading

• "Lancaster Slave Trade" (PDF). Lancaster Civic Society. 2021.

External links

• Facing the Past "an arts and research programme to reflect, reveal and redress omissions in the way the City of Lancaster has commemorated its role as the fourth largest slavery port in the UK"