William Earle (slave trader)

Two British slave-ships off Fort Christiansborg taking on board enslaved people, painting by George Webster[1]

William Earle (1721–1788) was an English slave trader. In a career lasting 40 years he was responsible for at least 117 slave voyages and by the number of slave voyages he was the sixth most active slave trader in the period 1740–1790 from the Port of Liverpool.[2]

  1. ^ "Utrolig historie: Orkaner, sørøvere og mytteri med 700 slaver om bord". ugeavisen.dk (in Danish). 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ Radburn 2009, p. 35.