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Were the Welsh involved in the slave trade?

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As other people have said, some Welsh people were slavers and your surname could have come to you that way (or it could be an English name, as someone mentioned). read more

Without a doubt, many Welsh were forced into slavery–evidence points to Welsh captives on the continent of Europe as well as in Anglo-Saxon England. St Patrick himself was Briton/Welsh (born 387 AD) and was captured by the Irish and made a slave. The Celts were well-known slave-keepers, as were the Romans after them. read more

The abolitionists were up against some formidable economic interests – and some of them even ended up getting involved in slavery themselves. The British abolition movement got underway in earnest in 1787 when Thomas Clarkson founded a committee to fight the slave trade. One member, William Dilwyn, was an American Quaker of Welsh descent who ended up owning the Cambrian Pottery in Swansea. read more

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Slavery and Wales
www.sarahwoodbury.com

The Welsh abolitionists
www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk