UNIT 4- key people EOY

Question 1

Pero Jones

Answer 1

enslaved person born in Nevis who was the personal servant of John Pinney in Bristol. He died aged 45 in 1798. A bridge in Bristol was named after him in 1999.

Question 2

Edward Colston-

Answer 2

slave trader from Bristol. Leading member of the Royal African Company and Society of Merchant Venturers. Died in 1721. Statue erected in Bristol in 1895.

Question 3

Phillip Quaque

Answer 3

An Akan man who was sent to England to train as a priest. In 1766, he returned to Africa as the chaplain of the Cape Coast Castle.

Question 4

John Pinney-

Answer 4

Prominent planter and Bristol merchant.