Wealth Generation and Deployment in the Liverpool Slave Trade, 1750-1807: An Investigation of Cashflows

利物浦奴隶贸易中的财富生成和部署，1750-1807 年：现金流调查

• 批准号: 2748532
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Essex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2748532
• 关键词: Wealth; Generation; Deployment; Liverpool; Slave

This thesis relates to one of the most hotly debated topics in the field of the transatlantic slave trade -the level of profits achieved and how these profits were deployed. By in-depth investigation of a group ofLiverpool slave traders, I will use my knowledge as a chartered accountant to re-examine this debate. Myinvestigation will isolate the merchants' slave trade profits from those of their other trading ventures andthen ascertain how that wealth was deployed. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement andgrowing calls for reparations, the relevance of such an investigation has never been greater. It is ofinterest beyond academic history. The Legacies of British Slave Ownership project, looks at how wealthfrom slavery permeated British society, however its emphasis is on slave ownership rather than the slavetrade. A focussed financial analysis of a group of slave traders, contextualised in the history of Liverpool,is largely absent from the academic discourse.This project takes a fresh look at the debate around the profitability of the slave trade and whether it fuelled the growth of Liverpool and indeed the industrial revolution. Key to my investigation will be establishing the link between slave trading activities and the merchants' wealth. Two recent studies have aimed to trace profits generated by the slave trade to the development of Liverpool. Longmore (2007) sought to investigate the "cultural, physical and economic impact of the slave trade on late eighteenth-century Liverpool", and Pope (2007) explored the investments of slave merchants in property and aimed to gauge their social aspirations. Both caveat their work by stating that without more detailed investigation it was not possible to distinguish slave trade gains from those of their other trading activities. Nicholas Radburn (2009) isolated merchant William Davenport's slave trading profits from his other business ventures, however the focus of his investigation was not on the deployment of Davenports wealth. This study will provide the detailed investigation required to build upon the work of Longmore, Pope and Radburn and allow greater insights into both the generation and disbursement of Liverpool's slave trade wealth. In order to undertake this project, I will blend my expertise as an accountant with research skills developed whilst preparing my prize-winning Masters dissertation.

本论文涉及跨大西洋贩卖奴隶领域最激烈辩论的议题之一-所获利润水平和如何利用这些利润。通过对一群利物浦奴隶贩子的深入调查，我将运用我作为一名特许会计师的知识来重新审视这场争论。我的调查将把商人的奴隶贸易利润从他们的其他贸易中分离出来，然后确定这些财富是如何分配的。在“黑人的命也是命”（Black Lives Matter）运动和要求赔偿的呼声日益高涨之后，此类调查的相关性从未如此之大。这是一种超越学术史的兴趣。英国奴隶所有权的遗产项目，着眼于如何从奴隶制的财富渗透英国社会，但它的重点是奴隶所有权，而不是奴隶贸易。一个集中的一组奴隶贩子的财务分析，在利物浦的历史背景下，在很大程度上是缺席的学术话语。这个项目需要在围绕奴隶贸易的盈利能力和它是否推动了利物浦的增长，甚至工业革命的辩论重新审视。我调查的关键将是建立奴隶贸易活动和商人财富之间的联系。最近的两项研究旨在追踪奴隶贸易产生的利润与利物浦的发展。Longmore（2007）试图调查“奴隶贸易对18世纪后期利物浦的文化、物质和经济影响”，Pope（2007）探讨了奴隶商人在房地产方面的投资，旨在衡量他们的社会抱负。两人都对自己的工作提出了告诫，指出如果不进行更详细的调查，就不可能将奴隶贸易的收益与其他贸易活动的收益区分开来。尼古拉斯·拉德伯恩（Nicholas Radburn）（2009）将商人威廉·达文波特的奴隶贸易利润从他的其他商业企业中分离出来，但他的调查重点并不是达文波特财富的部署。这项研究将提供所需的详细调查，建立在朗莫尔，教皇和拉德伯恩的工作，并允许更深入地了解利物浦的奴隶贸易财富的产生和支付。为了完成这个项目，我将把我作为一名会计师的专业知识与我在准备获奖的硕士论文时所掌握的研究技能相结合。