British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition
Summary
A British company named Sandbach, Tinne and Company continued to illegally traffic enslaved Africans to Guyana for about 40 years after slavery was officially abolished. This discovery comes from a book by Malik Al Nasir and has led to a new research project investigating the financial networks behind slavery.Key Facts
- Britain ended the slave trade in 1807 and banned slavery in most of its empire in 1833.
- Sandbach, Tinne and Company received large payments from the British government as compensation for freed enslaved people.
- Evidence shows the company continued bringing enslaved Africans to Guyana illegally after slavery ended.
- A letter from 1847 describes a ship carrying over 300 people treated as "cargo," indicating illegal trafficking.
- The company and families involved were major players in the sugar trade in Guyana and linked to prominent British figures.
- John Gladstone, a plantation owner, received the largest individual government payout after abolition.
- British taxpayers only finished paying off the debt from these compensation payments in 2015.
- The findings have inspired research to better understand how financial networks supported slavery even after it was banned.
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