William Henry O'Swald
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Who is William Henry O'Swald?
William Henry O'Swald was a Hamburg overseas merchant and Senator.
William Henry O'Swald's father was Johan Carl Heinrich Wilhelm O'Swald a Prussian who in 1831 founded the company O'Swald & Co in Hamburg. In 1847 the company began trade with Zanzibar, Lagos and Palma. The main office was in Zanzibar. Particularly successful was "Kaurischneckenhandel", the use of Shell money for trade. Scarce in West Africa shells were purchased cheaply in the Seychelles where they were common and sold at great profit to African middlemen involved in the slave trade
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