Lancaster slave trade
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The Lancaster slave trade was the involvement of the English city and port of Lancaster in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lancaster slave trade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8196801 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lancaster slave trade Context triple: [Port of Lancaster (historic), associatedWith, Lancaster slave trade]
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A.
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
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B.
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
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C.
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
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D.
Slave Trade Act 1824
The Slave Trade Act 1824 was a British law that strengthened and expanded earlier legislation against the transatlantic slave trade by increasing penalties and enforcement measures to suppress it more effectively.
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E.
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lancaster slave trade Target entity description: The Lancaster slave trade was the involvement of the English city and port of Lancaster in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
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B.
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
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C.
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
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D.
Slave Trade Act 1824
The Slave Trade Act 1824 was a British law that strengthened and expanded earlier legislation against the transatlantic slave trade by increasing penalties and enforcement measures to suppress it more effectively.
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E.
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical phenomenon
ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade activity ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Slave Trade Act 1807
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Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lancaster merchants
ⓘ
Lancaster plantation investors ⓘ Lancaster shipowners ⓘ |
| benefitedIndustry |
port services in Lancaster
ⓘ
shipbuilding in Lancaster ⓘ sugar refining in Lancaster ⓘ |
| carriedCargo |
cotton
ⓘ
enslaved people ⓘ guns ⓘ ironware ⓘ manufactured goods ⓘ rum ⓘ sugar ⓘ textiles ⓘ tobacco ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| economicImpactOn |
Lancashire
ⓘ
Lancaster ⓘ |
| endTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| hasMainPort | Port of Lancaster ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Lancaster slave trade memorials and plaques ⓘ |
| hasPortFacility |
Custom House, Lancaster
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St George’s Quay ⓘ warehouses on St George’s Quay ⓘ |
| involves | enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| location | Lancaster ⓘ |
| mainDestinationRegion |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
British North America ⓘ
linked to:
British America
Caribbean ⓘ West Indies ⓘ |
| mainSourceRegion |
Bight of Benin
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Bight of Biafra ⓘ Gold Coast ⓘ Senegambia ⓘ West Africa ⓘ Windward Coast ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
British slave trade ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic slave trade
|
| regulatedBy | British Parliament ⓘ |
| startTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
local historical research in Lancaster
ⓘ
museum exhibitions in Lancaster ⓘ |
| tradeRoute |
Lancaster–West Africa–Caribbean triangular route
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Lancaster–West Africa–North America triangular route ⓘ |
| usedVesselType |
merchant ship
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slave ship ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Lancaster slave trade Description of subject: The Lancaster slave trade was the involvement of the English city and port of Lancaster in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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