BRHG Projects
The Hannibal Slave-Ship

In 1693 the Royal African Company captain Thomas Phillips from Brecon, Wales set sail in the Hannibal from Gravesend to West Africa to purchase enslaved African people to be sold in Barbados. The journey was a disaster. 328 of his African captives died during the voyage, a horrific mortality rate of 47%. In 2018, while researching for the book Nautical Women, (BRHG, 2019), it was discovered that Brecon Town Council had erected a plaque to Phillips in 2010 without reference to his role in the transatlantic slave-trade. This project page links to the ongoing research into the life of the slave trader Captain Thomas Phillips, and follows the controversy of the Brecon plaque that erupted during the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020.
Soon to be published The Journal of Captain Thomas Phillips of Brecon, the Slave Ship Hannibal, and all who Sailed on Her (1693-1695).
Stuff linked to this project...
Articles

Some insights into the lives of the crew onboard the slave ship […]
‘Triptych’ A poem by Marvin Thompson – Slaver […]

Black History Month 2020

Update – Brecon plaque commemorates slave trader

Should society memorialise a Slave Trader?
Blog

Congratulations Barbados
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