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They would also write to the slave traders in West Africa about the price and supply of slaves. The Bristol slave trader, Thomas Jones, for example, personally corresponded with one such trader in Africa. He was known by the nick-name, Duke Ephraim, and came from Old Calabar in Nigeria, West Africa. He was one of the main slave traders in the area.
Investigate Bristol’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the impact this had on the city. ... The Hay Wain Theatre Production at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; 2 April 2024—30 March 2025. ... Discover what a Bristol sugar plantation and slave holder’s home might have looked like around 1790, ...
The Middle Passage. The second leg of the triangular trade was the ‘middle passage’ for the slave ship’s crew, the journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean islands or the Americas. It is estimated that around 2,018 Bristol slave ships carried over 500,000 Africans into slavery. The European total was over 11,000,000.
Merchant trade has been the cornerstone of Bristol’s prosperity over many centuries and its involvement with the ‘Triangular Trade’ during much of the 18th century brought considerable wealth to the city. This tour will provide a history of Bristol as a port, explain how Bristol came to participate in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and discuss Edward Colston's divisive legacy to Bristol.
27 de mar. de 2005 · For more than 100 years, Bristol was a key port in the triangular slave trade. Arms, alcohol and textiles were shipped from the city to the west coast of Africa, where they were traded for slaves.
16 de oct. de 2023 · One estimate suggests that over 500,000 Africans were brought into slavery by Bristol traders. By the 1730s, an average of 39 slave ships left Bristol each year, and between 1739 and 1748, there were 245 slave voyages from Bristol (about 37.6% of the whole British trade). In the last years of the British slave trade, Bristol's share decreased ...
24 de may. de 2021 · Dr Richard Stone will investigate Bristol's slave owners and those registered to them. Plantation records "We want to look into enslaved people themselves because they're so often left out of the ...
