Cass, John

has biography | a une biographie: English slave-trader, politician and philanthropist in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Cass was a member of the Court of Assistants of the Royal African Company from 1705 and made substantial investments in the Company. Cass also served as a Member of Parliament from 1710 to 1715.
was born | est né: February 1661
died in | est mort par: 5 July 1718
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted
is current or former member of: Royal African Company

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; History of Parliament Online; The Portal Trust (formerly the Sir John Cass's Foundation); Madge Dresser, 'Set in Stone? Statues and Slavery in London', History Workshop Journal, 64, 1 (2007) 162–199; Miles Ogborn, 'Sir John Cass, The Royal African Company, and the Slave Trade' (2021)

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