The Complicated David Dale: Cotton merchant and abolitionist

The Complicated David Dale: Cotton merchant and abolitionist

By The Alexander Thomson Society

A talk on the Ayrshire-born cotton magnate, founder of the New Lanark Mills, and early slavery abolitionist.

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The Mitchell Library

North Street Glasgow G3 7DN United Kingdom

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  • 1 hour
  • In person

Highlights

  • 1 hour
  • In person

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Community • Historic

David Dale's wealth derived from cotton manufacturing depended on enslaved labor for raw materials. Yet he was also an early abolitionist who chaired the Glasgow Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

Dominic d'Angelo, whose researches into Glasgow's merchant families and links to slavery over two decades ago, looks at Dale's complicated legacy.

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The Alexander Thomson Society

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Oct 18 · 1:00 PM GMT+1