William de la Founte (died 1495) was a
Bristolmerchant who became one of the first
English entrepreneurs to profit from the
slave trade.
de la Founte had established his business interests in
Lisbon and from 1480 also in
Huelva,
Andalusia. He participated in the trafficking of slaves to the
soap industry in Lower Andalusia.[1]
^Ungerer, Gustav (2008). The Mediterranean Apprenticeship of British Slavery. Madrid: Verbun. p. 17.
^Dalton, Heather (2012), "'"Into speyne to selle for slavys": English, Spanish, and Genoese Merchant Networks and Their Involvement with the "Cost of Gwynea" Trade before 1550'", in Green, Toby (ed.), Brokers Of Change: Atlantic Commerce And Cultures In Pre-Colonial Western Africa, Oxford: British Academy Proceedings Series
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