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Slave-owner in Jamaica, inheritor of Stewart Castle which became indebted to the Shedden firm of London: the Sheddens were mortgagees-in-possession in 1817 and James Stewart II had given up the equity of redemption by 1820.
'Planter historian' who inherited Stewart Castle from his father James Stewart I [other sources are more circumspect as to whether the James Stewart who was the author of A Brief account of the Present State of the Negroes in Jamaica (1792) was the same man as the James Stewart owner of Stewart Castle.]
He was the grandfather of Stewart Campbell (1812-1885), who has an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography as 'lawyer and politician.' The entry identifies his mother as 'Miss Stewart': ordinarily reliable online genealogical sources show Georgiana Charlotte Stewart as the daughter of James Stewart II of Stewart Castle and mother of Stewart Campbell.
Jean Bresson, Martha Brae's Two Histories: European Expansion and Caribbean Culture-building in Jamaica, (UNC Press Books, 2002) p. 66, which gives life-dates of 1766-1828; for the lack of confirmation of James Stewart of Stewart Castle as the author of 'A Brief Account' cf. Lynsey Bates, 'Surveillance and Production on Stewart Castle Estate: A GIS-based Analysis of Models of Plantation Spatial Organization' 5/1/2007 Distinguished Majors Thesis in Archaeology Final Paper, http://492nzz341b7zv7n2p3rfrebt-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/batesthesis.pdf [accessed 07/10/2019].
R. A. MacLean, “CAMPBELL, STEWART,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 3, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/campbell_stewart_11E.html [accessed 03/07/2018]
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1809 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner
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Son → Father
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