Peter Baker (slave trader)

Peter Baker (1731-1796) was a Liverpool slave trader.[1] In the period between 1783 and 1792, Dawson and his partner Peter Baker, were the largest firm of slave traders in the United Kingdom.[2] Their firm Baker and Dawson had a contract with the Spanish Government to supply slaves to Spanish America. They estimated the slaves had a value of £350,000.[3] Baker was responsible for at least 55 slave voyages.[1]

Baker used his fortune to build Carnatic Hall.

References
  1. Richardson 2007, p. 194.
  2. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/140-5-Behrendt.pdf p=104
  3. Richardson 2007, p. 32.

Sources
  • Richardson, David (2007). Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery. UK: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-84631-066-9.
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