Isaac Royall Sr.
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Isaac Royall Sr. was an 18th-century New England merchant and slaveholder whose wealth and legacy significantly shaped the prominence of the Royall family in colonial America.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
merchant ⓘ slaveholder ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Caribbean plantation complex
ⓘ
colonial New England mercantile elite ⓘ |
| causeOfWealth | profits from slave labor on sugar plantations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
land speculation and estate building in Massachusetts
ⓘ
trade in sugar and rum ⓘ |
| familyName | Royall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Atlantic trade
ⓘ
sugar plantation economy ⓘ |
| givenName | Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect | consolidation of Royall family status among New England elites ⓘ |
| hasPart | large enslaved workforce on Caribbean plantations ⓘ |
| heritageOrEthnicity | English ⓘ |
| influenced | social prominence of the Royall family in colonial New England ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| movement | migration from the Caribbean to New England ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Royall family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
building wealth from Caribbean slave plantations
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establishing the Royall family fortune in New England ⓘ ownership of enslaved Africans in Antigua and Massachusetts ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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planter ⓘ slave trader ⓘ |
| owned |
Royall House and Slave Quarters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
enslaved people in Antigua ⓘ enslaved people in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| participantIn | transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | wealthy landowner in colonial Massachusetts ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Antigua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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