1828 - James Ridgeway [Publisher]
xiii + 263 pp. A pro-slavery tract.
Title information includes: 'Contains the complete slave codes of 1816 and 1826, the adoption of which was virtually forced upon the Jamaican Assembly by the British Crown. Published to show the progress of amelioration and to urge that henceforth the British government must desist from enacting new measures to control West Indian slavery.'
Copy in BL.
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Place
London
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1759 - 1820
Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.
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.
