Thomas Willing (1731-1821)

Thomas Willing (1731-1821)
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Identifier
NJS-PER-04390
Given Name
Thomas
Family Name
Willing
Birth Date
December 19, 1731
Death Date
January 19, 1821
Sex
Male
Occupation
Banking, Insurance, and Commerce
Slave Trade
Biographical Description
Thomas Willing (1731-1821) was a prominent merchant, financier, and politician in Philadelphia. In 1757, he established the mercantile firm Willing, Morris & Company, together with his business partner Robert Morris (1734-1806). They were in business together for over 30 years. The firm imported slave-produced goods from the Caribbean and participated in the slave trade, bringing Africans to Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Related Person
Robert Morris (1734-1806)
References

"WILLING, Thomas (1731-1821)," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000556.

This person is represented on the following page(s):
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Willing
Image Rights and Source
Portrait of Thomas Willing by Charles Willson Peale, 1782. Object number 66.46, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/20012081
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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