Alexander Anderson was a British slave trader who was in business with his brother Sir John Anderson, together forming John and Alexander Anderson & Co.
They owned a slave factory on Bance Island, Sierra Leone[1] Their business was based in Philpot Lane, Eastcheap.
[2] Alexander was active politically to prevent any attempt to abolish or limit the slave trade, for example working with his brother to organise a petition to the House of Lords in 1799.
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