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This anecdote reveals that the Irish were also involved in the inhumane treatment of enslaved Africans in the Anglo-Caribbean. While Barbados had very few Irish planters, the island of Montserrat is an important place to include in our discussions. Montserrat illuminates not only the ‘Irish slave’ experience but also the role of the Irish ...
The Swedish slave trade mainly occurred in the early history of Sweden when the trade of thralls ( Old Norse: þræll) was one of the pillars of the Norse economy. During the raids, the Vikings often captured and enslaved militarily weaker peoples they encountered, but took the most slaves in raids of the British Isles, and Slavs in Eastern ...
Sep 16, 2016 · Post-slavery. In regard to Ireland’s role in slavery and antislavery, it has proved possible for historians to pick up a faint trail. When it comes to relations between free African-Americans and the Irish, the most fertile ground for research has proved to be New York where historians have investigated the good relations between both racial groups in the ‘slums’ of Five Points and the ...
Drawing of slave traders collecting enslaved people off the coast of Africa. Felix Doran (1708–1776) was an Irish slave trader. He was responsible for at least 69 slave voyages. Doran moved to Liverpool in the 1740s and operated out of the Port of Liverpool. His first slave-ship was called Lively and his final one was called Essex .
Bristol, a port city in south-west England, was involved in the transatlantic slave trade. Bristol's part in the trade was prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries as the city's merchants used their position to gain involvement. It is estimated that over 500,000 enslaved African people were traded by Bristol merchants.
Coordinates: 51.48341°N 9.37168°W. Entrance to Baltimore bay. The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa — the raiders included Dutchmen, Algerians, and Ottoman Turks. The attack was the largest by Barbary slave traders ...
His son Patrick Sarsfield served in the king's army 1671–1678 and again 1691–1693, commanding the Irish Brigade after the Treaty of Limerick. Jean Stapleton Senior founded a dynasty of Nantais shipowners. He owned plantations in Saint-Domingue as well as running a business in the Atlantic slave trade.
