John Kimber
Sailor, Person
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Who is John Kimber?
John Kimber was the captain of a British slave ship who was tried for murder in 1792, after the abolitionist William Wilberforce accused him of killing a female slave due to mistreating her on board his ship. Kimber was acquitted, but the trial gained much attention in the press, and established that slave ships' crew could be tried for murder of slaves.
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