P_10433_3216 – James Swanzy
London merchant trading to Africa before and after 1807. Owner or co-owner of 6 voyages from London and two from Liverpool between 1801 and 1806. No will found (predictably, given his bankruptcy c. 1819). The will of his brother John Swanzy of Cape Coast Castle (of which James Swanzy was residuary legatee) was proved 1808.
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First name: James
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Last name: Swanzy
Aliases: Swanzy
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Bankruptcies
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Bankrupt 1819 LG 18 May 1819Issue:17478Page:873
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Plantation owner: Yes
Assignees of James Swanzy bankrupt pursued the compensation for the enslaved people on Mount D'Or on St Lucia.
Sources: Bankrupt 1819 LG 18 May 1819Issue:17478Page:873 SWANZY, HENRY. “A TRADING FAMILY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY GOLD COAST.” Transactions of the Gold Coast & Togoland Historical Society 2, no. 2 (1956): 87–120. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406610; Porter, R. “THE CAPE COAST CONFLICT OF 1803: A CRISIS IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.” Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana 11 (1970): 27–82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406357. London Gazette 1 February 1812Issue:16570Page:231
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Crossings (6)
83603 - Spy (1802 - 1803)
Role: Owner
83588 - Speedy (1806 - 1806)
Role: Owner
83587 - Speedy (1804 - 1805)
Role: Owner
83376 - Roebuck (1802 - 1802)
Role: Owner
83375 - Roebuck (1801 - 1801)
Role: Owner
83374 - Roebuck (1800 - 1800)
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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