John St Barbe

John St Barbe (1742-1816) was a prominent English shipbroker and shipowner active in whaling, the transport of convicts and the slave trade.[1]

St Barbe was one of the owners of theSandown, a slave ship whose voyage of 1793-4 was recorded by Samuel Gamble.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "18th century churchwardens and their families". Anglican parish of St George-in-the-East. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Mouser, Bruce (2002). A slaving voyage to Africa and Jamaica : the log of the Sandown, 1793 - 1794. Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253340772.
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