Thomas Handasyd Perkins
Colonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins, also known as
T. H. Perkins (December 15, 1764 – January 11, 1854), was an American merchant, slave trader, smuggler and philanthropist from a wealthy
Boston Brahmin family. Starting with bequests from his grandfather and father-in-law, he amassed a huge fortune. As a young man, he
traded slaves in
Saint-Domingue, worked as a
maritime fur trader trading furs
from the American Northwest to China, and then turned to smuggling
Turkish opium into China. His philanthropic contributions include the
Perkins School for the Blind, renamed in his honor; the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
McLean Hospital; along with having a hand in founding the
Massachusetts General Hospital.
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