The Evil God of Hogwarts - Chapter 372 Hawkins Family

A police officer’s pass allowed Ellie to easily get everything she wanted. It must be said that with this pass, she saved a lot of magic power. Even without the use of magic spells, Muggles can do things willingly.

Frank had not been to the University of Liverpool, but the lady who drove a luxury sports car came. In the doorkeeper’s registration book, Ellie found the name – Julia. The sports car was parked in Area C of the University of Liverpool.

No last name, just a first name. This does not help in finding out the woman’s identity, it just knows the poor woman’s name.

The two first visited the history professor, a tall man with dark skin, about fifty years old, with a white beard.

He introduced himself as Chiwetel, who previously taught at Oxford University and was later transferred to the University of Liverpool for academic research.

“What aspects is your research about?” Ellie asked the professor, because according to what she knew, Oxford University is the best university in the UK, and being able to teach there is not something that ordinary people can do, let alone Still a black man.

“The history of the African slave trade.” Chiwetel stood by the window of his office and looked out from the window, just in sight of the estuary. “Liverpool is a bloody city. Every brick and every inch of land here is filled with those… The blood of slaves.”

“It’s interesting, but that’s not why we came today.” The eldest lady interrupted the teacher in time, “I want to know that on July 18, a woman named Julia came to visit you. do you remember?”

Chiwetel retracted his thoughts. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying: “Well, it was some time ago. I’m afraid…well…if you can describe that lady to me, I might still be able to recall it.”

Ellie recalled the corpse she had checked at St. Mungo’s before, trying hard to remember what Julia looked like. After thinking for a while, she said: “Medium height, well-dressed, should be wearing a Some expensive jewelry, typical of a rich man.”

Chiwetel had an idea when he heard “well-dressed” and he immediately replied: “Oh, I remember, that woman, I remember.”

“What does she know from you?” Scott, who was sitting impatiently on the side, interjected.

“Let me think about it, well, I remember it was about the underground sewers in Liverpool, yes, that’s it.” The professor said, “Very few people come to ask about this. But the lady obviously did this before she came here. After some investigation.”

“investigation?”

Chiwetel looked at the eldest lady and said, “Yes, she asked very carefully. She asked me some things about the passage for transporting slaves back then.”

Seeing the confused looks on the faces of the two visitors, Chiwetel continued to explain: “As I said just now, in 1565, Liverpool was just a small fishing village with only 138 households. But the business After the slave trade, it quickly developed into the second largest commercial port in the UK. At its peak, the number of slaves trafficked in Liverpool accounted for 5/8 of the total number of black slaves trafficked in Britain and 2/7 of the total number of black slaves trafficked in Europe.

“Do you know what these numbers mean? It means that after the British banned the slave trade in 1807, high profits still allowed many businessmen to run the business secretly. Those businessmen took advantage of Liverpool’s intricate sewers system.

“They hired architects and workers to open up various waterways. They also extended many channels for the transportation of slaves at the dock. And what the lady asked me to teach me was one of the channels for transporting slaves.”

At this point, Chiwetel stopped talking to give his visitor enough time to digest what he had just heard.

“Is the passage she asked about located at No. 78 Hurst Street, Merseyside, that luxurious Gothic-style house.” The eldest lady seemed to understand something and asked aloud.

Chiwetel did not answer immediately. He opened his notebook and searched for a while. After confirming, he replied: “Yes, that’s the place. That old house belongs to the Hawkins family. The largest and earliest slave trader in Liverpool.”

After hearing this, Ellie finally understood something, but the clues were still missing some key points. The person Frank was looking for was named Kimball, and he didn’t seem to have anything to do with the Hawkins family, but sometimes things in this world are so coincidental. .

“Do you know anything about the Hawkins family?”

Chiwetel laughed when he heard Ellie ask that. He asked curiously: “I thought you were here to investigate that lady?”

“I need to know all her itinerary.” Ellie said, “The more detailed the better. If she comes to you to learn about the Hawkins family, then she may go back to visit later. So I want to ask, is this family in Liverpool Where?”

Chiwetel didn’t question the explanation. He sighed and replied, “I’m afraid you don’t have a chance.”

“What do you mean?” Scott’s writing pen stopped. He raised his head and looked confused, but he soon realized, “Oh, you want to say that this family no longer exists, right?”

“No, it still exists.”

“Professor.” Ellie emphasized her tone, “We don’t have time to play word games. If you have information, please explain it directly.”

“The black slaves who died here also didn’t have much time.” Chiwetel responded with the same dissatisfaction, “The Hawkins family no longer exists in the UK, but they still have collateral blood in the United States. If you want If you want to pursue this family, I suggest you go to the United States.”

The key button is in hand. Ellie thought to herself, if you put it this way, the American should be a collateral bloodline of the Hawkins family. But what is the purpose of his coming here?

The professor continued to explain: “All the Hawkins family’s businesses in the UK have closed down, and the family’s records stopped in 1945. Mary, the last member of the Hawkins family, died in that year. However, according to My understanding is that Mary Hawkins married in the United States in her early years, and her husband’s surname was Vince Scott, who is from the collateral family I just told you about.

“In addition, there are countless rumors surrounding this family. Ever since Elijah, the ancestor of the Hawkins family, gained a lot of money and status from the slave trade, the family has become a celebrity in Liverpool. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, because the slaves Buying and selling was banned and entire families soon began to die out.

“Although in the early 19th century, the family made some progress due to transformation, it soon declined again. There are rumors that they did too much evil and were cursed by the dead slaves. There are also rumors that Hawkins The family had been secretly running a business of smuggling slaves, but they were reported by their colleagues.

“What’s more, the Hawkins family disturbed the sleeping demons when they were digging smuggling tunnels. Those demons placed the most terrifying curse on their family. This curse has always been with the family until it was completely destroyed…”

Ellie figured out the whole thing when she heard the third rumor. She looked at Scott meaningfully, and the latter cast a knowing look. They may well have discovered the reason for the decline of the Hawkins family.