Robert Heysham
slave trader
Robert Heysham was a Tory MP for Lancaster in the late 17th century and a significant figure in the Royal African Company, where he became one of the largest independent traffickers of enslaved African people during the early 18th century.
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Robert Heysham was an RAC assistant elected Tory MP for Lancaster in 1698 and became instrumental in growing the slave trade.
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