Barclay, David, 1729-1809
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Name (Latin)
Barclay, David, 1729-1809
Date of birth
1729
Date of death
1809
Associated country
Great Britain
Jamaica
Occupation
Abolitionists
Bankers
Merchants
Philanthropists
Quakers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Barclay, David. An account of the emancipation of the slaves of Unity Valley Pen, in Jamaica, 1801:title page (David Barclay)
- Quakers in the World website, viewed April 14, 2015:Quakers in Action (David Barclay; born in 1729; partner with brother John in their father's linen and merchant house in Cheapside; that firm owned a number of ships that traded linen with New York, Pennsylvania, the Chesapeake area and the West Indies; good friend of Benjamin Franklin; through mother, inherited share in Freame Bank, oldest surviving Quaker bank in London; died in 1809 at Walthamstow in Essex)
- Wikipedia, viewed April 14, 2015(David Barclay of Youngbury (1729-1809); an English Quaker merchant and banker; philanthropist and abolitionist; one of the founders of the present-day Barclay's Bank; son of David Barclay (1682-1769) and Priscilla Freame, daughter of banker John Freame; bought manor of Younsbury in Hertfordshire in 1769; noted for freeing slaves he had inherited with an estate in Jamaica)
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David Barclay Earlom
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Wikipedia description:
David Barclay of Youngsbury (1729 – 1809) was a British merchant, banker and philanthropist. He is notable for an experiment in "gratuitous manumission", in which he freed the slaves on his Jamaican plantation and arranged for better futures for them in Pennsylvania. His legacy was as one of the founders of the present-day Barclays Bank, a century ahead of its formation under that name, and in the brewing industry.
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