P_10433_2122 – Edward Chester
Co-owner with William Gerrish of three voyages of the Negroes Nest from London to Africa and Antigua between 1723 and 1726. Slave-owner and slave-trader of Antigua: Pettigrew shows him as Royal African Company’s factor there in 1708.
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First name: Edward
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Last name: Chester
Aliases: Chester
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Plantation owner: Yes
Owner of Briggins on Antigua on his death c. 1744.
Sources: Pettigrew, Freedom's Debt, pp. 135-6. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646853
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Crossings (3)
76661 - Negroes Nest
Role: Owner
76651 - Negroes Nest (1724 - 1725)
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76647 - Negroes Nest (1723 - 1724)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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