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.
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Place
London
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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.
