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Freeman, William

Other Business Names:

  • Freeman & Bramley

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
  • West Indies

Sectors:

  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
  • Agriculture & fishing Plantation management, sugar
  • Slavery & slave trading Slave trading & trade
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Sugar trading & trade

Notes:

William Freeman, c1645-1707. Originally a sugar planter and slave trader in the West Indies from c1671. Sometime traded as Freeman & Bramley. Moved to London c1675 as a merchant dealing especially in sugar and involved in slavery. Retired wealthy 1685

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