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| The Growth of Industry Slavery and the slave trade was a source of money in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century for traders, manufacturers, and land owners. Profit from slavery and the slave trade was often connected to other money- making activity. To read more click here >> |
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 Soho Foundry 1795James Watt & Matthew Boulton Steam Engine Manufacturers James Watts' father had invested in at least one known slaving voyage from Scotland. Some of the records mention the purchase and sale of Black people, e.g. Letter, James Hunter (St Eastatius) to James Watt of Greenock. 2 July1740. To read more click here >> |
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Samuel Galton Jnr (1753-1832) Arms/Gun Manufacturer for the Slave Trade Samuel Galton Jnr lived at Great Barr Hall. The Galton family were prominent gun-makers based in Smethwick when over 100,000 guns a year were sold to slave traders. Guns were made for merchants in the 'Africa Trade' who in turn supplied or traded them to African chiefs in return for slaves. The Galtons were Quakers. Quaker opposition to violence caused arguments inside and outside the Galton family. To read more click here >> |
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| Warley Woods Home to Samuel Galton The creation of grand houses and attractive estates with money from the slave trade and slavery, are to be seen through out Britain and the Caribbean. In 1792, Samuel Galton Jnr, with his wife Lucy Barclay, purchased Warley Hall Estate and laid the foundation for what we know as Warley Woods and Lightwoods Park. To read more click here >> |
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Canals Samuel Galton Jnr, investor in Birmingham Canal Company Samuel Galton Jnr invested in The Birmingham Canal Company to increase his profits. The canal network links Sandwell, the Black Country, and Birmingham to the world. Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre looks after the site of the Watt Steam Engine produced by the Soho Works. To read more click here >> |
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