https://mitendicotthouse.org/our-history/ James Bridges Endicott (1814–1870), American sea captain, opium trader, and merchant in Hong Kong, protector of Ng Akew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Endicott https://gwulo.com/node/32346 https://www.wikit ...
In 1626, 11 captives fromCongo, Angola, and the island of Sao Tome were brought to New Amsterdam. Over the next 150 years, the New York slave trade grew to be one of the most essential cogs in the triangle trade. Seventy-four Wall Street, on the lot bounded by Water and Pearl Streets, is the ...
A privateer was a privately owned ship—or its captain and crew—authorized by a government during wartime to attack and capture enemy vessels. Think of it as a legal pirate, operating under a "letter of marque," a document that made their actions legitimate rather than criminal. This was a wides ...
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