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John Knight (slave trader)
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John Knight (1708 – 1774) was an English slave trader.[1] He was responsible for at least 114 slave voyages in the period 1750–1775 and he transported over 26,000 Africans to the Americas.[2] Knight traded enslaved Africans with the American politician and slave owner Henry Laurens.
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