Liverpool's rise as a dominant slave-trading port (1699–1807)

1. English slave trade opened to private merchants

   Jan 1, 1698Labels: Royal African, Private merchants

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2. Liverpool’s first recorded slaving voyage departs

   Dec 1, 1699Labels: Liverpool ship, Transatlantic voyage

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3. Postwar boom accelerates Liverpool slaving ventures

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: War of, Liverpool merchants

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4. Old Dock opens, improving port capacity

   Aug 31, 1715Labels: Old Dock, River Mersey

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5. Liverpool becomes a major British slaving port

   Jan 1, 1731Labels: Liverpool merchants, Atlantic trade

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6. Liverpool overtakes rivals in the 1740s

   Jan 1, 1745Labels: Liverpool port, London and

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7. Liverpool expands docks to handle rising traffic

   Jan 1, 1753Labels: Liverpool docks, Ship services

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8. Liverpool’s slave-trade dominance deepens, 1751–1770

   Jan 1, 1761Labels: Liverpool merchants, British slave

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9. Ship logs document resistance on Liverpool slavers

   Jun 6, 1770Labels: Ship logs, Enslaved Africans

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10. Dolben’s Act begins regulating slave-ship crowding

    Jul 11, 1788Labels: Dolben's Act, British Parliament

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11. Liverpool reaches peak share in late 1700s

    Jan 1, 1791Labels: Liverpool port, Atlantic economy

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12. Abolitionist bills repeatedly fail in Parliament

    Apr 18, 1791Labels: Abolitionists, British Parliament

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13. Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act 1807

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British government

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14. Last legal Liverpool slaving voyage sails after clearance

    Jul 27, 1807Labels: Last legal, Liverpool slaver

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