Various residents of Stockton-on-Tees made a lot of fortune as a merchant and slave owner in Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent. (This entry has 2 corresponding international entries: Prospect estate...

The Crowley ironmasters workforce at Winlaton made agricultural implements for use by the enslaved-on plantations and shackles and neck collars. Please note that the descriptions might be disturbin...

Intertwined links between Directors of the Hollow Sword Blade Company and the South Sea Company. Others profitted from holding office in Jamaica and making land transactions in Durham. What is...

Slave benefactor Margaret Bains (Please note that the descriptions might be disturbing for the viewer). What is it? Residence of slave benefactor Margaret Bains. Why is it important? William P...

Slave profiteer William Harry Vane (1st Duke of Cleveland, Earl of Darlington, Marquess of Cleveland) received compensation on 233 enslaved from the Lowthers estate on Barbados. (Please see corresp...

Home of the Bowes-Lyon family. What is it? A baroque style home owned by the influential Bowes-Lyon family that had ties to slave trade. Why is it important? In 1693 Sir William Bowes support...

Home to slave owners Ann Harris and Edward Lawson (See corresponding International entry: Demerara, Guyana). What is it? Village across Barnard Castle and was home to slave owners Ann Harris a...

Home to William Hutchinson who wrote the dramatic anti-slavery poem The Princess of Zanfara What is it? It is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees. Why is it important? It was hom...

Charles Atwood was a staunch abolitionist and also owned the Weardale Iron and Coal Co. What is it? Home to staunch abolitionist Charles Attwood. Why is it important? The 1830 radical candidat...

William Hutchinson's father-in-law was a wealthy landowner in Antigua and William received a generous dowry for his marriage. Hutchinson completed building Eggleston Hall in 1817. (See correspondin...

Ownership of Darlington estate by Jamaican Merchant (See corresponding international entry: Durham estate in Jamaica). What is it? The Jamaican merchant Lawrence Marshall owned portion of Darl...

Powlett Family (See corresponding international entry: Lowthers estate in Barbados). What is it? Home to Powlett family who profited from slave trade Why is it important? William Harry Vane, 1...