P_10433_1592 – Richard Oswald
Born: 1705
Died: 1784
Richard Oswald (1705-1784), the key figure in Hancock’s Citizens of the World, owner or co-owner of at least 27 slaving voyage from London between 1756 and 1786, and co-owner of the Bance Island slave-trading factory in West Africa. Richard Oswald was advisor to the British government on trade regulations and the conduct of the American War of Independence and was a British peace commissioner who negotiated the Peace of Paris in 1782.
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First name: Richard
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Last name: Oswald
Aliases: Oswald, Oswald, R, Oswald, Rd, Oswalds, Richard
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Internal migrant: Yes
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Yes
Richard Oswald inherited slave-property through his wife Mary Ramsay
Sources: PROB 11/1125/190 Voyage no. 77919 of the St Augustine Packet to St Augustine in 1767 has no ownership information in TASTDB, but is said to have been sent by Richard Oswald to Mount Oswald with 70 captive Africans in Marc R. Matrana, Lost Plantations of the South. TASTDBD shows two further voyages by the St Augustine Packet, both with the same captain as the 1767 voyage, one from London to Sierra Leone and Barbados (voyage no. 76196), and the other from Charleston (voyage no. 24648) that ended in the loss of the vessel in 1770, neither with ownership information.
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Crossings (28)
76196 - Saint Augustine Packet (1769 - 1770)
Role: Owner
17734 - King George (1769 - 1769)
Role: Owner
75267 - Charlotte (1770 - 1771)
Role: Owner
75237 - Carlisle (1756 - 1756)
Role: Owner
75032 - Africa (1764 - 1766)
Role: Owner
78105 - Amelia (1773 - 1773)
Role: Owner
77804 - Dispatch (1765 - 1765)
Role: Owner
77773 - Dispatch (1764 - 1765)
Role: Owner
77766 - Juno (1764 - 1764)
Role: Owner
77765 - Bance Island (1764 - 1765)
Role: Owner
77723 - Bance Island (1759 - 1760)
Role: Owner
77692 - Betsey (1757 - 1758)
Role: Owner
77685 - Peggy (1757 - 1757)
Role: Owner
77661 - Saint Paul (1755 - 1755)
Role: Owner
77252 - Saint Andrew (1755 - 1756)
Role: Owner
77248 - Saint Paul (1754 - 1755)
Role: Owner
76204 - Saint Paul (1752 - 1752)
Role: Owner
76050 - Queen of Barra (1763 - 1764)
Role: Owner
78231 - Mercury (1776 - 1776)
Role: Owner
78195 - Amelia (1775 - 1775)
Role: Owner
78159 - Mally (a) Molly (1774 - 1774)
Role: Owner
78157 - Betsey (1774 - 1774)
Role: Owner
78144 - Amelia (1774 - 1775)
Role: Owner
82604 - Mary (1786 - 1786)
Role: Owner
82603 - Mary (1785 - 1785)
Role: Owner
82601 - Mary (1783 - 1784)
Role: Owner
81679 - Griffin (1784 - 1784)
Role: Owner
77919 - Saint Augustine Packet (1767 - 1767)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1705
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Death
Date: 1784
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
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