Very funny. I wonder whether such an appalling upbringing damaged Elizabeth when she became Queen Elizabeth I? She did do some unpleasant things."News of the slave merchants' success spread and they soon attracted wealthy, powerful backers, and additional support from Queen Elizabeth. In 1564 the queen sponsored Hawkins by lending him her very own 700-ton vessel, "Jesus of Lubeck". Now John Hawkins, freeman of the city of Plymouth, left Plymouth specifically for the purpose of capturing Africans on the West African coast.Hawkins, in his own words, as noted by Hakluyt, 'profited by the sale of slaves' - so much so that he included a bound slave wearing a necklace and earrings on the crest of his coat of arms. His final voyage turned out to be a disaster for Hawkins, as he lost his ships and men to the Spanish. This event precipitated hostilities between England and Spain."So many people, Africans, Spaniards and English, suffered because of Elizabeth's unnatural upbringing.Hawkins' crest:-http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/01/18/abolition_plymouth_slave_trade_feature.shtml
David Ainsworth ● 1874d