Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-Vale 52 (Recess)

Parliamentary Papers p. 287.

T71/855: awarded to Nicholas Gyles, owner-in-fee.

Sturge & Harvey pp. 327-328 'Nicholas Gyles the proprietor of Recess plantation, an individual prominent in the recent contest, which terminated in the dismission of Dr Palmer from the magistracy.' Cites Nicholas Gyles's letter to a friend in London which states that 'without coercion, no good can be done after the termination of the apprenticeship'. Apprentices could never be improved or changed 'so long as they are black'. Mentions 'the coffin', an imprisonment room and that 'the proprietor said it had not been used since 1834.'

This claim probably includes enslaved people on Mango Grove as well.