John Dawson (slave trader)

John Dawson (died 1812) was a Liverpool slave trader.

John Dawson
Died1812
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Ship's captain and owner of slave ships

Captain John Dawson, in Mentor, captured the French East Indiaman Carnatic. When Carnatic came into Liverpool, she was said to be worth £135,000 and the richest prize ever taken and brought safe into port by a Liverpool privateer. Part of the value was due to a box of diamonds that had been found on her. Dawson married the daughter of Peter Baker, the shipbuilder who owned Mentor, and became a partner in the firm of Baker and Dawson.

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