January 22, 1703 - Antoine Walsh
Walsh built his fortune through the Atlantic slave trade, operating out of Nantes at a time when French merchant houses were central to the systematic trafficking of enslaved Africans. His role as a ship owner placed him directly within the commercial infrastructure that sustained the trade — financing voyages, providing vessels, and profiting from human cargo across the Middle Passage.
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Antoine Vincent Walsh (22 January 1703 – 2 March 1763) was a French merchant, ship owner, and slave trader of Irish descent. He operated in Nantes, Province of Brittany. Born into an expatriate Irish family who had settled in Nantes, his support for Jacobitism led Walsh to assist Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.
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