Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster (, ) is a city in Lancashire, England, and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune, directly inland from Morecambe Bay. Lancaster is the county town, although ...
, a port city in north-west England, was involved in the
transatlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of Slavery in Africa, enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Pass ...
. Lancaster's part in the trade developed in the 17th and was linked to that of
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
also in north-west England. It became the fourth largest slave-trading centre in England
and the most prominent in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
.
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
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Abraham Rawlinson (1738–1803), MP for
Lancaster
Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
...
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Charles Inman (1725-1767), commissioner for the Lancaster Port Commission
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Thomas Hinde (1720 – 1798), twice
Mayor of Lancaster
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Dodshon Foster (1755-1758), commissioner for the Lancaster Port Commission
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Thomas Satterthwaite (1755-1758), commissioner for the Lancaster Port Commission
* Robert Dodson (1764-1767)
References
Further reading
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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"
History of Lancaster
British slave trade
Slavery in England
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