Mason, Hugh

has biography | a une biographie: English cotton mill owner, social reformer and Liberal politician in the nineteenth century.

The British cotton textile industry had deep connections to transatlantic slavery and colonialism in this period. The industry was supplied by countries such as the United States, India, and Egypt, and, in many cases, enslaved labour was involved in producing the raw materials. In the 1860s, for example, Mason had to manage his company's response to the Lancashire Cotton Famine, which was partly triggered by the outbreak of the American Civil War.
was born | est né: 30 January 1817
died in | est mort par: 2 February 1886
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Hansard; Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton: A Global History (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014)

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Statue of Hugh Mason