Thomas Parr

Thomas Parr (1769–1847) was a member of an extended family of Liverpool merchants, developing his business as an English slave trader who profited from the Atlantic slave trade to establish himself as "‘a merchant of great eminence in Liverpool". Career Thomas Parr was born on 4th November 1769, the son of John Parr, gunmaker of Frederick Street, Liverpool, by his wife Hannah Anderton. In subsequent years, he invested in at least 30 slave voyages. One of the slave ships that he had built for the trade in enslaved people, , exploded on her maiden voyage. A street in Liverpool where he built a warehouse is named after him. Slave trade