Entries for the tag ‘Earle, Thomas (1754–1822)’
Slave trader responsible, with his brother William, for the transportation of over 19,000 people, mayor of Liverpool in 1787. 
- 21 May 1785: Aged 15, William Butterworth of Leeds runs away to sea and joins a slaver
- 26 February 1787: William Butterworth of Leeds arrives at Grenada (West Indies) from Calabar (West Africa) on the Hudibras (Liverpool) with the survivors of a cargo of 360 slaves
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