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Samuel Vassall

Samuel Vassall

1603–1667

Occupation
politician

Samuel Vassall (1586–1667) was an English merchant, politician, and slave trader who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Fleet Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Samuel Vassall (1586–1667) was an English merchant, politician, and slave trader who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648. Vassall was the majority shareholder of the Guinea Company, founded in 1651. Samuel Vassall was 77 when he left London for Carolina in 1663. He died in the America colonies in 1667.

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