Queens' members and the Slave Trade

In the early 1730s Henry Pennant (Queens’ m. 1732), together with his brothers, Samuel and John, left Jamaica for England, leaving the day-to-day management of their slaves and sugar plantations in the hands of agents. John became a successful merchant in Liverpool, at that time the chief British port for the sugar trade. The family’s pride in Liverpool is reflected in the fact that John’s son Richard Pennant (later an anti-abolitionist politician) is listed as a subscriber in this publication, Enfield’s <i>History of Leverpool</i>.
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<b>Author:</b> William Enfield<br>
<b>Title:</b><i> An essay towards the history of Leverpool </i> (Warrington, 1773) <br>
<b>Shelfmark:</b> <a href="https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21654077640003606">Q.I.20</a><br>

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In the early 1730s Henry Pennant (Queens’ m. 1732), together with his brothers, Samuel and John, left Jamaica for England, leaving the day-to-day management of their slaves and sugar plantations in the hands of agents. John became a successful merchant in Liverpool, at that time the chief British port for the sugar trade. The family’s pride in Liverpool is reflected in the fact that John’s son Richard Pennant (later an anti-abolitionist politician) is listed as a subscriber in this publication, Enfield’s History of Leverpool.

Author: William Enfield
Title: An essay towards the history of Leverpool (Warrington, 1773)
Shelfmark: Q.I.20

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