Search results
British slave trader
- William Gregson (12 January 1721 – 1800) was a British slave trader. He was responsible for at least 152 slave voyages, and his slave ships are recorded as having carried 58,201 Africans, of whom 9,148 died. Gregson was the co-owner of a ship called the Zong, whose crew perpetrated the Zong massacre.
kids.kiddle.co › William_Gregson_(slave_trader)
People also ask
Who was William Gregson?
Who is Harry Gregson-Williams?
Where did John Gregson live in 1777?
When did John Gregson become Lord Mayor of Liverpool?
William Gregson (12 January 1721 – 1800) was a British slave trader. He was responsible for at least 152 slave voyages, and his slave ships are recorded as having carried 58,201 Africans, of whom 9,148 died.
Oct 16, 2023 · William Gregson (12 January 1721 – 1800) was a British slave trader. He was responsible for at least 152 slave voyages, and his slave ships are recorded as having carried 58,201 Africans, of whom 9,148 died.
The William Gregson slave-trading syndicate, based in Liverpool, owned the ship as part of the Atlantic slave trade. As was common business practice, they had taken out insurance on the lives of the enslaved Africans as cargo.
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer.
YearTitleDirector(s)Studio(s)2009Escape ArtistsScott Free ...2009Seed ProductionsMarvel Entertainment20th ...20082008Walden MediaWalt Disney PicturesMay 26, 2023 · The Zong, a Dutch ship purchased by slave trader William Gregson in 1781, set out on its doomed journey that August. By the time it left Accra for Jamaica, it had 442 Africans aboard — more than double its capacity.
- Kaleena Fraga
Nov 26, 2021 · Mr Gregson’s: William Gregson Sr (1721–1800), slave trader, co-owner of the Zong Messrs Breeze & Co: Samuel Breeze, merchant Mr Bostock’s: Robert Bostock (1743–1793), slave trader
Dec 1, 2020 · One of them, William Gregson, was behind the infamous Zong Massacre of 1781 and can claim more than 9,000 slave deaths during his long and wealthy career which he later passed on to his sons. Many Liverpool locals want the street names changed.
