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John Hawkins
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Hawkins, John 

(also Hawkyns). Born in 1532 in Plymouth; died Dec. 11, 1595. English admiral.

Hawkins laid the foundation for the English slave trade, which was one of the sources of the primary accumulation of capital in England. In 1588 he fought in the battle against the Spanish Armada. In 1595, together with Admiral F. Drake, he took part in an expedition to the West Indies. Hawkins died during the voyage.



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The greatgreatgrandfather of Zebu crew member David Varnel-Headley, whose own personal history includes working as a DJ at the Cavern Club in the 1960s, took one of the first ships up the Manchester Ship Canal, but, more pertinently, regarding pirates, he traced his own family back to privateer Sir John Hawkins.
Cornishman Andrew Hawkins has taken himself off to the Gambia to kneel in chains while apologising for the slave-dealing activities of his forbear Sir John Hawkins, the first Englishman to sail a human cargo across the Atlantic.
Byline: By Denise Robertson I'm sure that Andrew Hawkins got great personal satisfaction from going to Africa and kneeling to beg forgiveness for his remote ancestor, Sir John Hawkins, and the part he played in the slave trade in the 17th Century.
 
 
 
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