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George Case: The Slave-Trading Mayor Whose Crew Drowned 130 Enslaved Africans for an Insurance Payout

George Case was a British slave trader, businessman, and politician who played a key role in Liverpool’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. He was responsible for at least 109 slave voyages, transporting thousands of enslaved Africans to the...

Thomas Thistlewood: The Serial Rapist Who Documented All of His Crimes Against His Slaves in a Diary

Thomas Thistlewood was an English slave owner, planter, and diarist who spent most of his life in colonial Jamaica. Known for his extreme brutality, Thistlewood thoroughly documented his life in a 14,000-page diary, detailing the horrific abuse he inflicted...
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Marie-Marguerite d’Youville: The Slave Owner Who Was Made A Saint By the Catholic Church

In 1990, the Catholic Church declared Marie-Marguerite d’Youville a saint. Canonized by Pope John Paul II, she became the...