Includes important numbers about the British slave trade. It also briefly details the compensation paid to slave owners at the time of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.

Focusing on the roles of Norfolk’s Adam Thoroughgood and Sir William Gooch. They laid many of the foundations for slavery to be established in Virginia, USA.

The creation of the South Sea Company gave Britain right to supply 4,800 enslaved Africans per year to Spanish Colonies.

A look at the family’s role using profits from the South Sea Company and Jamaician sugar plantations in the creation of Earsham Hall Estate, Norfolk.

This post highlights the corrupt practices of Britain’s ‘first prime minster’,Robert Walpole. He oversaw the rapid expansion of the British Slave Trade. Also includes reference to the wonderful ceramist, Dame…

This post highlights Thomas Coke’s investment and losses with The South Sea Company and his aristoctatic relations with leading 18th Century Whigs.

This post takes a look at the artifacts in Oxburgh Hall related to African exploitation as well as direct faily links to colonial administration and slave ownership in the Caribbean.