The Life and Times of Thomas McCabe: A Belfast Radical

‘May God wither the hand and consign the name to eternal infamy of the man who will sign that document!’. These are the words exclaimed by Thomas McCabe in 1786 in response to Waddell Cunningham’s proposal to set up a slave ship company here in Belfast. His outburst influenced those gathered in the Assembly Rooms as Cunningham’s venture to establish a slaving company here in Belfast failed.

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Gerry McNamee is a retired secondary school teacher. After short spells in Enniskillen and London, Gerry taught for most of his career in St. Malachy's College where he was a Year Head and taught Classics and History until retirement in 2014. He was also College Archivist and is interested in the history and heritage of the College.

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