<P> James Phipps (c. 1687--15 January 1723) was at the heart of the Atlantic slave trade in the early 18th century, being Captain - General of the Royal African Company and Governor of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast . </P> <P> Phipps was one of at least five sons of the English merchant Thomas Phipps and his wife Bridget Short . The Phipps family had emerged in the 16th century as prominent clothiers in Westbury, Wiltshire, where Thomas Phipps acquired an estate after a successful career in London, trading to the East Indies, West Africa, and New England . </P>

Which british chaplain re-opened the cape coast castle school in 1712