Thomas Johnson (Liverpool merchant)
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Thomas Johnson (Liverpool merchant)
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Sir Thomas Johnson was an English merchant and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 to 1723. Johnson was born in Liverpool in 1664. Left a considerable fortune by his father, he traded as a merchant with the British colonies in North America; he was particularly involved in the slavery, tobacco and sugar trades. He is recognised as one of the earliest recorded slave traders in Liverpool. In 1715, he transported 130 Jacobite prisoners to plantations in the Amer
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English merchant and politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Johnson_(Liverpool_merchant)
date created:
2008-01-06T21:32:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:33:31Z
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