Slave Traders

Arthur Heywood

“. . . Martin’s Bank. The origins of this bank lie in the establishment of Heywood’s Bank, formed by Benjamin and Arthur Heywood, who became wealthy through the slave trade and set up the bank to enable others to do so as well. Heywood’s Bank was incorporated into the Bank of Liverpool, which was incorporated into Martin’s Bank before being incorporated, in turn, into Barclay’s Bank.  The establishment of finance institutions, which still exist today, is one of slavery’s lasting legacies.” Read More

Books 

• John Hughes. Liverpool banks & bankers, 1760-1837: A History of the Circumstances which Gave Rise to the Industry, and of the Men Who Founded and Developed It. (Liverpool: H. Young & Sons, 1906), pgs. 91-106.

Website

• Lucy Heywood, “History Features: My family and the Slave Trade,” BBC [Gloucestershire], January 4, 2008.
• “How did money from slavery help develop Greater Manchester?,” Revealing Histories.org.
• A Virtual Tour of the Black and Asian Presence in Liverpool, 1500 – 1850 – National Archives [United Kingdom]
  

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