Harper Twelvetrees

Harper Twelvetrees (1823-1881) was an industrialist, who managed works at Imperial Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London.[1][2] His company was responsible for developing and marketing Penny Patent Soap Powder and Glycerine Spa Power (to wash clothes) and Eggs and Butter Powder (for cooking).[3][4] Twelvetrees' name appears in a sea shanty, "On Board Of The Kangaroo", composed by Harry Clifton.[5]

Twelvetrees, an anti-slavery campaigner, wrote a book on the life of a slave – The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave – published by William Tweedie of London in 1863. The book was reprinted by Dodo Press in 2009. ISBN 1-4099-8076-6

References
  1. Mayhew, Henry (1865). The Shops and Companies of London, etc.. Hosted at The Dictionary of Victorian London.
  2. Thomas, Harry. "The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave – Summary". Documenting the American South. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. "Lyttelton Times"
  4. The Portadown Weekly News and County Armagh Advertiser. July 16, 1859. Hosted at IrelandOldNews.
  5. "On Board of the Kangaroo". Shantypedia. Retrieved 6 March 2013.


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