Liverpool slave‑trading firms and transatlantic voyages (1740–1807)

1. Liverpool expands slaving out of the Mersey

   Jan 1, 1740Labels: Liverpool port, Mersey River

   • LUP Chapter

2. Liverpool becomes Britain’s leading slaving port

   Jan 1, 1750Labels: Liverpool port, British slaving

   • LUP Chapter

3. Large-scale investment accelerates Liverpool’s voyages

   Jan 1, 1760Labels: Liverpool merchants, capital investment

   • LUP Chapter

4. William Davenport’s firm scales up operations

   Jan 1, 1761Labels: William Davenport, Liverpool firm

   • NML Archives
   • LUP Chapter

5. Voyage records show Liverpool-led ownership syndicates

   Jan 1, 1770Labels: Essex ship, ownership syndicate

   • SlaveVoyages
   • TASTDB Methods

6. Zong massacre exposes insurance incentives in the trade

   Nov 29, 1781Labels: Zong ship, insurance case

   • Guardian
   • Zong Summary

7. Baker and Dawson build a high-volume Liverpool firm

   Jan 1, 1782Labels: Baker &, Mosley Hill

   • Mosley Hill
   • Dawson Bio

8. Abolition Society forms and targets the slave trade

   May 22, 1787Labels: Abolition Society, London campaign

   • Abolition Soc

9. Dolben’s Act regulates crowding on slave ships

   Aug 1, 1788Labels: Dolben s, Parliament

   • Dolben Text

10. Liverpool-based firms continue voyages at peak scale

    Jan 1, 1791Labels: Liverpool firms, port labor

    • LUP Chapter

11. Thomas Leyland’s Enterprize makes repeated slaving voyages

    May 7, 1791Labels: Thomas Leyland, Enterprize ship

    • Enterprize

12. Liverpool remains dominant in the final years of legal trade

    Jan 1, 1801Labels: Liverpool port, final legal

    • LUP Chapter

13. Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act 1807

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, Parliament

    • 1807 Act
    • UNL Doc

14. Act takes effect, ending legal Liverpool slaving voyages

    May 1, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, legal cutoff

    • 1807 Act
    • LUP Chapter