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James Penny
James Penny (died 1799) was a merchant, slaveship owner and prominent anti-abolitionist in Liverpool, England. He defended the slave trade to the British Parliament. Penny Lane in Liverpool, later immortalized by The Beatles, is thought to be named after him.
==Early life==
Penny was probably not a native of Liverpool and may have been born in Ulverston.〔(National Archives, Liverpool Record Office and Local History Service. )〕 He came to Liverpool to work as a mariner and was married to Ann Cooper in 1768. He is subsequently referred to as a mariner, ship's captain and merchant in Liverpool directories.〔
Penny was active in the slave trade until the American War of Independence. He returned to the trade after the war as a shipowner and as a business partner with other traders. He was involved in several slave trading companies and was known for his knowledge of the African coast derived from his many journeys dating back to 1776.
When in 1788, the British government launched an inquiry into the slave trade, following public pressure from abolitionists, Penny was chosen to represent the views of slavers. According to local historian F.E. Sanderson, he was a "man of considerable stature in the town, highly regarded by his fellow merchants, his forthright views on the slave trade must have brought him to their notice as a likely delegate".〔F.E. Sanderson, "The Liverpool Delegates and Sir William Dolben's Bill" in ''Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire'', 1972, Vol. 124, p. 64〕
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