Henry Sterne

Almost certainly the same man as the Henry Sterne who was the author of A statement of facts: submitted to the Right Hon. Lord Glenelg in 1837, an extended recital of personal grievances against the authorities in Jamaica but also including a critical portrayal of Apprenticeship. It included also a brief outline of Henry Sterne's career as overseer in Jamaica, from his arrival there in 1815, under the patronage of George Panton: his post as book-keeper (which he said was how a planter in Jamaica was described) at Panton's Elmwood estate, overseer at Whitehall in Portland 1820-21, a return to England 1821-2, then overseer of Maurice Jones' Seamen's Valley estate in Portland and of James Beckford Wildman's Salt Savanna (under William Taylor as attorney) before 10 years of 'mercantile pursuits' in Kingston and St George.

Henry Sterne, A statement of facts: submitted to the Right Hon. Lord Glenelg, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies....with an Exposure of the Present System of Apprenticeship in Jamaica London (1837).