1833 - James Ridgway [Publisher]
A strident pro-slavery tract in which Burnley argued, among other things, that 'free labour' was not cheaper or more desirable than slavery and that emancipation would lead to the West Indies becoming a more expensive system than one based on slavery.
Copy available from Google books.
|
Place
London
|
???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
