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Butterworth, William (1769–1834), slave-ship sailor and engraver

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Butterworth, William (1769–1834), slave-ship sailor and engraver

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Butterworth, William (1769–1834), slave-ship sailor and engraver, was born on 2 October 1769 at 55 Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, the second of five children of the Leeds engraver and copperplate printer John Butterworth, who had set up in business in Leeds in 1758. William...

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