George Peabody

George Peabody
George Peabody
	George Peabody
Born	February 18, 1795; South Parish, Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	November 4, 1869 (aged 74); London, England, U.K.
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Resting place	Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts
Occupation	Financier, banker, entrepreneur
Parent(s)	Thomas Peabody and Judith Dodge

George Peabody (/ˈpiːbədi/ PEE-bə-dee; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist, and slave trader.[1] He was widely thought as the father of modern philanthropy. He founded the Peabody Trust in Britain and the Peabody Institute and George Peabody Library in Baltimore.

Peabody's early company Riggs, Peabody and Co. was based in Maryland, a slave state. It bought and sold slaves as well as related goods like clothing for slaves. When he lived in London, he received visits from his relative Herbert C. Peabody, a slave owner and cotton planter in Mobile, Alabama.[2][3]

Peabody was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and made a Freeman of the City of London, among many other honors. He was given a funeral and temporary grave in Westminster Abbey.[4]

References

Spielman, Fran (4 May 2004). "Bank Adds To Slavery Disclosure". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020. The documents from Riggs, Peabody and Co., a predecessor of J.P. Morgan Chase, include a December 1833 receipt for a pair of shoes for a slave named Sally. For William W. Corcoran, a client of George Peabody, there was a receipt for an August 1832 ad placed in the Columbia Gazette for the private sale of slaves. And there was a Peabody and Riggs receipt listing slaves transported on a ship called the Aurora.
"Herbert C. Peabody Papers, 1845-1859". The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"H C Peabody in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules". Ancestry Library Edition. 1850. Retrieved 2020-11-13. Name: H C Peabody; Residence Date: 1850; Residence Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; Number of Enslaved People: 8{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Funeral of George Peabody at Westminster Abbey". The New York Times. 1869-11-13. p. 3. As soon as the ceremony within the church was over the procession formed again, and advanced to a spot near the western entrance, where a temporary grave had been prepared... Here the body was deposited, and will remain until it is transported to America.

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Phillips Library Archived 2017-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Peabody Essex Museum. Repository of 145 linear feet of Peabody's business and personal papers.

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[1] Spielman, Fran (4 May 2004). "Bank Adds To Slavery Disclosure". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020. The documents from Riggs, Peabody and Co., a predecessor of J.P. Morgan Chase, include a December 1833 receipt for a pair of shoes for a slave named Sally. For William W. Corcoran, a client of George Peabody, there was a receipt for an August 1832 ad placed in the Columbia Gazette for the private sale of slaves. And there was a Peabody and Riggs receipt listing slaves transported on a ship called the Aurora.

[2] "Herbert C. Peabody Papers, 1845-1859". The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "H C Peabody in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules". Ancestry Library Edition. 1850. Retrieved 2020-11-13. Name: H C Peabody; Residence Date: 1850; Residence Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; Number of Enslaved People: 8{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[nyt-obit-4] "Funeral of George Peabody at Westminster Abbey". The New York Times. 1869-11-13. p. 3. As soon as the ceremony within the church was over the procession formed again, and advanced to a spot near the western entrance, where a temporary grave had been prepared... Here the body was deposited, and will remain until it is transported to America.