Editing Samuel Greg (section)

==Slave owner==
The Styal community was not the model for all Greg's operations, and its clear that there were limits to his relative beneficence as an employer. In 1795, with his brother Thomas, Samuel Greg had inherited, and continued to operate as a slave plantation, the Hillsborough Estate on the West Indian island of [[Dominica]], from his paternal uncle John Greg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Catharine Greg (née Henderson) |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644255 |website=Legacies of British Slave-ownership |publisher=University College London |access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> The Gregs supplied the enslaved Africans on the estate with clothing and blankets made at Quarry Bank Mill.

There were of 71 male slaves and 68 female slaves on the Hillsborough Estate when, in January 1814, twenty absconded. They were recaptured and punished with 100 lashes for the males and 50 lashes for the females.<ref name="Bourne">{{cite book|last=Bourne|first=Matt|title=Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate|publisher=The National Trust|year=2007|pages=19|isbn=978-1-84359-258-7}}</ref>

In September 2020, the [[National Trust]], (owner of Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate), provided this concise summary of the family's involvement with the slave trade: the mill "was built using family wealth related to slavery".<ref>[https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/national-news/18737887.national-trust-details-slavery-colonialism-links-dozens-properties/ National Trust details slavery and colonialism links to dozens of properties]</ref> "Samuel Greg ... his father Thomas and uncle John had interests in four estates in Dominica and St Vincent, ... while Samuel and his brother Thomas inherited the Hillsborough plantation in Dominica and other estates".<ref>[https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/18740298.national-trust-report-shows-quarry-bank-mills-links-slavery/ National Trust report shows Quarry Bank Mill's links to slavery 23 September 2020]</ref>

In 2020, the National Trust was working on a plan to include displays about the original owners' links to colonialism and slavery in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Trust hastens projects exposing links of country houses to slavery |date=2020-06-22 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517114612/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/22/national-trust-hastens-projects-exposing-links-of-country-houses-to-slavery |archive-date=2023-05-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/22/national-trust-hastens-projects-exposing-links-of-country-houses-to-slavery}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/addressing-the-histories-of-slavery-and-colonialism-at-the-national-trust Addressing the histories of slavery and colonialism at the National Trust]</ref><ref>[http://revealinghistories.org.uk/how-did-money-from-slavery-help-develop-greater-manchester/places/quarry-bank-mill-styal-cheshire.html Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire]</ref>