Queens' members and the Slave Trade

This illustration, possibly depicting a ship laden with slave-produced sugar from the West Indies, is of interest for the two Black figures wearing labourer’s clothing on the bottom left. Contemporary readers would have understood their role in the slave economy that had made Liverpool so prosperous.
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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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This illustration, possibly depicting a ship laden with slave-produced sugar from the West Indies, is of interest for the two Black figures wearing labourer’s clothing on the bottom left. Contemporary readers would have understood their role in the slave economy that had made Liverpool so prosperous.

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

Enslavement Q.1.20 exhibition