Person

George Hay Dawkins-Pennant

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Alternative names
Esq., M.P.
Gender
Assigned male at birth
Nationality
United Kingdom
Ethnicity
White
Languages
English
Occupations
Planter, Slave-owner

Pennant inhereted land in North Wales and Jamaica from his uncle, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn. The family ran a quarrying business in Wales, likely funded by capital gained from their role in the slave trade. Pennant was awarded over £14,682 for his ownership of plantations in Clarndeon, Jamaica, between 1817 and 1834, whereby 764 individuals were enslaved.

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