William Hardin Burnley

William Hardin Burnley (21 April 1780 – 29 December 1850)[1] was an American-born British-Trinidadian planter who was the largest slave-owner in Trinidad in the nineteenth century.[2][3][1][4]

Born in New York City, he was the son of Hardin Burnley (1741–1823) and his wife, Catherine, née Maitland (1752/3–1827). The family moved to London in 1786, and Burnley attended Harrow School in 1793. He visited Trinidad in 1793, and eventually settled on the island.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Selwyn R. Cudjoe, "Burnley, William Hardin", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 6 October 2016.
  2. ^ "'The Slave Master of Trinidad': William Hardin Burnley", UCL.
  3. ^ "William Hardin Burnley", Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL.
  4. ^ The Slave Master of Trinidad, University of Massachusetts Press.