Date
Type of link
Summary and evidence link
Roman Britain
Anglo-Saxon
Slavery:
National Context
14th century
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Slavery:
International Context
The first African Slaves are transported
to the Americas by Spanish traders.
1562
Slavery:
National context
John Hawkins first voyage to Sierra Leone.
1618
Slavery:
National context
Slavery: REGIONAL links
Members of the Batt family (of
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Rev. Zechariah Symmes, an early settler
in the new world wrote: "Much ado I have with my own family, hard
to get a servant glad of catechising or family duties. I had a rare
blessing of servants in Yorkshire and those I brought over were a blessing,
but the young brood doth much afflict me." He is referring to the
negro slaves that his family now had. Evidence link
1660
1672
Slavery:
National Context
Royal African Company established.
1697
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Henry Lascelles had a share in 21 slave
ships and was partly responsible for the trading of thousands of human
beings.(Harewood House)
1720-1772
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Diary of John Woolman. Woolman travelled
extensively through North America and recorded his thoughts about and
experiences of Slavery. In later life he travelled throughout Yorkshire
giving talks about what he had seen in Slave run plantations etc.
1750
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Francis Barber is brought from
Jamaica as a Slave. He spends a year in a Yorkshire school before being
sent to London to become the valet to Dr Samuel Johnson. Evidence
link
1750
1744-1786
Slavery:
INDIRECT local link
Liverpool shipping documents include references
to ships related to the Wool Trade.
Evidence
link (Wool Registers Act section)
1756
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Slavery:
INDIRECT local link
The Canal systems built during the Industrial
Revolution enabled the expansion of triangular trade, including export
of goods such as Wool. Also imports of goods from enslaved areas.
1772
Slavery:
National context
The Somerset Case is heard in London.
1772
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
John Woolman, a Quaker who had moved to
York to preach about the horrors of Slavery, dies.
1772-1778
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Robert Foster, who later inherited Hebblethwaite
Hall, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, visits all of the British West Indies isles
except Jamaica (by jody). He also fights against the French whilst on board Royal
Navy vessels. He later campaigns on behalf of William Wilberforce in
election campaigns. Evidence link
1773
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Robert Walker, a Quaker from Gildersome,
travels to America. He later reports to Parliament on conditions Slaves
endured. His death was discussed at a meeting of Yorkshire Quakers in
Bradford in March, 1786.
1774
Slavery:
National Context
John Wesley publishes his denunciation
of the Slave Trade.
1775
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
The Spencer family fortune is inherited
by Walter Spencer. He is a friend of William Wilberforce and actively
campaigns for the abolition of the Slave Trade.
1782
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
1783
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Christopher Fredrick Triebner makes a
claim for Slave losses incurred at the hands of American Loyalists.
Triebner is a preacher of German descent who preached in Hull. In died
in Leeds in1815. Evidence
link
1783
Slavery:
National Context
The Zong Case is heard in London.
1784-1833
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
William Wilberforce, MP for Hull, leads
the campaign for the abolition of Slavery.
1787
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
By 1787 the Lascelles family had a financial
involvement in 47 plantations across the whole of the West Indies.
1788
Dolben Act. Introduces regulations for
Slave Trading ships. Minimum requirements introduced relating to conditions
on board. Evidence
link
1789
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Sheet metal workers from Sheffield petition Parliament calling for the abolition of Slavery. This is a particuMsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Olaudah Equiano visits Sheffield and speaks
about his experiences as a Slave. Evidence
Link
1791
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
William Black, a migrant from Yorkshire
to Nova Scotia, is appointed as a Methodist Preacher. He preaches to
Black Loyalist congregations about freedom. Evidence
link
1791
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Susannah Atkinson writes to Gustavus Vassa (Olaudo Equiano) on 29 March 1791 to apologise for
the treatment he received in Huddersfield. Evidence
Link
1792
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
The Leeds Intelligencer reported on 5
March 1792 that the city's inhabitants wondered how African converts
could be won when they suffered 'the cruelty and injustice of those
Christian States who are the authors of their present misery'.
1793
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
8000 people sign a petition from the people
of Sheffield calling for an end to the Slave Trade. Evidence
link
1801
1802
Slavery
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of
Harewood, stands for Parliament against William Wilberforce (he fails
to gain election and Slavery is the main campaigning issue).
1807
Slavery:
National context
Parliament passes an act prohibiting the
importation of Slaves.
1809
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Skelmanthorpe Flag. This flag was a protest
banner that was created the end of the posting. Evidence
Link
1823
Slavery:
1824
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Sheffield Society for Abolition of Slavery
founded. Evidence
link
1825 (circa)
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Ira Aldridge, the first classical black
stage actor in the UK marries Margaret Gill of Yorkshire. Evidence
link
1830
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Lecture on the substance of British Colonial
Slavery given by Benjamin Godwin.
Evidence
link (Page 318)
7th June 1830
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Petitions to the House of Lords calling
for the immediate end of Slavery were heard from: The inhabitants of
Bradford; Thornton and Clayton; Shipley; the Freeholders of Wilsden
cum Allerton; Bowling; Horton and North Bierley.
12th November 1830
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Petitions sent to the Lords from:
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Eccleshill,
Eastbrook Chapel in Bradford
Evidence link
Petitions sent to the Lords from:
Methodist Chapel, Skipton
Inhabitants of the Township of Rawden
15th November 1830
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Petitions sent to the Lords from:
Members of a Society and Congregation
of Wesleyan Methodists worshipping God at their Chapel, Bradford
Moor, Wesleyan Methodists worshipping at Calverley, Morton Banks
Chapel,
November 1830
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Similar petition sent to the house of
Lords from Queenshead Chapel, Bradford.
1830
Slavery:
COMPARISON with local conditions
14th April 1831
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Petition sent to the house of Lords by
Wesleyan Methodists of Bradford and another from the Baptists of Keighley,
1833
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
1833-1840
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
The Spence family of Gildersome (a branch
of the family also lived in North Shields) had 3 servants, one of whom
was an escaped Slave from Virginia. Evidence link
1834
Slavery:
National Context
Slavery abolished in all British territories.
1836
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
1838
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Slavery: DIRECT local link
Slaves in the United States were issues
with Woollen blankets, mainly produced in Yorkshire, to sleep under.
Evidence
link
1841
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
1849
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
Angus Bethune Reach observes that waste
cloth and wool in Yorkshire mills is transported to America to be used
for Slaves garments.
1850
Slavery:
REGIONAL links
May 1860
Slavery:
1861
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
1863
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Anti-Slavery Demonstration held in Bradford.
1865
Slavery:
International Context
Slavery abolished in the United States.
Slavery:
DIRECT local link
Census returns show a number of people
who had links with Slavery and whom had probably migrated following
the end of Slavery in the Empire and the United States. (Bradford and
across the region)
Many other petitions were sent to the House of Lords from chapels in the Bradford area. Only a selection of these have been included in this document. To find out whether petitions were sent from your local area, go to Evidence link
The Bruce family (North Yorks) sold a plantation to a former slave in 1849. Evidence link.
Parker family of Browsholme Hall. Evidence link
Thomas Bates of Halifax was a business partner of plantation owners. Evidence link
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