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Sir William Penn
Description:
Portrait Sir William Penn, by Sir Peter Levy, 1618. The Penn family show the link between plantations and colonisation. Admiral Sir William Penn took Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655, and opened the island to British settlers. His son William established the colony of Pennsylvania in America in 1681. Although a Quaker, William Penn owned a number of slaves.
Creator: Sir Peter Levy
Date: 1618
Copyright: Copyright National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Robert Nugent
Description:
Portrait of Robert Nugent, by Thomas Gainsborough, 1760. Robert Nugent was MP for Bristol for 20 years from 1754. He was involved in the 1750 Act which replaced the London-based Royal African Company with the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.The new company gave merchants a say in the running of the African trade. This portrait in the Lord Mayor’s Office shows Nugent holding copy of the Act for the Regulation of the Slave Trade.
Creator: Thomas Gainsborough
Date: 1760
Copyright: Copyright Bristol City Council
Merchants Hall
Description:
Merchants Hall, detail from James Millerd’s map of Bristol, 1673. This was the Society of Merchant Venturers’ headquarters for over 450 years.
Creator: James Millerd
Date: 1673
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Arms of Merchant Venturers
Description:
The arms of The Society of Merchant Venturers, from James Millerd’s map of Bristol, 1673.
Creator: James Millerd
Date: 1673
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Sir Robert Yeamans
Description:
Sir Robert Yeamans by W Flesshiers (c. 1682). One of the city merchants who had an early stake in the West Indies trade.
Creator: Latimer's Annals
Date: c. 1682
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Map of Bristol
Description:
An Exact Delineation of the Citty of Bristoll, 1721
Date: 1721
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Abolitionists’ leaflet
Description:
Leaflet published by the Plymouth Committee of Abolitionists, 1788, showing plan of the Brookes slaver
Creator: Plymouth Committee of Abolitionists
Creator: Plymouth Committee of Abolitionists
Date: 1788
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:17562/1
The Citty of Bristoll
Description:
The Citty of Bristoll by James Millerd, 1673
Creator: James Millerd
Date: 1673
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
A View of the Jason Privateer
Description:
A View of the Jason Privateer by Nicholas Pocock (c. 1760). Nicholas Pocock was an artist and sailor who drew pictures of ships, featuring slave trading on the coast of Africa.
Creator: Nicholas Pocock
Date: c. 1760
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:M 671
The Rivers Severn and Avon
Description:
The Rivers Severn and Avon, detail from A New and Correct Delineation of the Citty of Bristol by James Millerd, 1673. This map shows the route from Bristol out to sea, via the river Severn.
Creator: James Millerd
Date: 1673
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
