Thomas Earle (slave trader)

Painting of a slave ship showing enslaved people chained up below deck

Thomas Earle (1754–1822) was an English slave trader.[1] 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. One of his ships, Annabella, was seized by the British Crown for slave trading with the enemy. He was Mayor of Liverpool in 1787.

  1. ^ Earle 2015, p. 195.