Thomas Hinde (1720, Caton – 4 February 1798, Lancaster) was prominent

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r based in Lancaster. Although records exist for occasional involvement of Lancaster merchants in the slave trade before 1748, Thomas Hinde's voyage as master of the ''Jolly Batchelor'' of 6 September 1748 marked the commencement of the regular involvement of Lancaster merchants in the slave trade. Hinde made four voyages as

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of this ship between 1748 and 1754. The ''Duke of Cumberland'', the ''Prince George'' and the ''Lancaster'' are three ships recorded as belonging to Hind(l)e and Co. and involved in the slave trade in 1756. These ships transported a total of 340 enslaved Africans from

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in that year. He was elected as a Port Commissioner for Lancaster in 1755. He served as Mayor of Lancaster in both 1769 and 1778. He died in 1798 and was buried in the graveyard at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinde, Thomas 1720 births 1798 deaths English slave traders Mayors of Lancaster, Lancashire