Thomas Earle (slave trader)
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Thomas Earle was an English slave trader. He was responsible for at least 73 slave voyages and alongside his brother he transported over 19,000 enslaved people. Of these 3,000 died on board his ships.
Painting of a slave ship showing enslaved people chained up below deck
Slavers collecting enslaved people off the coast of Africa; drawing by Édouard Duncan
Slave shackles
Elmina
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Elmina is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region. It is situated on a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, 12.2 km west of Cape Coas
Thomas Earle (slave trader)
…British Crown in 1804. Britain was at war, but the captain of Annabella, John McClure, bought 140 male and 63 female enslaved people from the Governor of Elmina, which was controlled by the Dutch, an enemy state. Annabella was seized by Edward Stirling Dickson, Captain of HMS Inconstant. Captain Dickson had…
Benya lagoon and it surroundings located in Elmina
St. George Castle, Elmina, Ghana
Canoes at the shore
Dutch troops on the shore who have landed are shown battling with natives to take the local fort