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Daniel Backhouse

English slave trader (1741-1811) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Daniel Backhouse (1741-1811) was a Liverpool slave trader.[1] In the period between 1773 and 1799 Backhouse was responsible for 100 slave voyages. Over half of his slaves were embarked from the Bight of Biafra.[2]

He was born in Ulverston in Lancashire. In his will he left an estate valued at £70,000.[3]

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