Tomorrow, Wednesday 28th October 2009, the Caribbean Studies Seminar Series at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies presents:
Seminar & Book Launch: Slaveholders in Jamaica: Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition
Speakers: Christer Petley, University of Southampton and Professor Gad Heuman, University of Warwick
Time: 5pm; Venue: G32, Senate House.
Slaveholders in Jamaica draws on a number of sources, including slave registration data, tax records, property deeds, court records, vestry minutes, electoral records, newspapers, published works, Governors' correspondence, local Assembly records and collections of letters and correspondence. Among these sources have been the Taylor family papers (ICS 120) held in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Archives, mainly letters written and received between 1770 and 1835 by Simon Taylor, his family and heirs, and his friends, agents and business partners, relating to their Jamaican estates and business interests.
A detailed catalogue of this collection is available within the ULRLS Archives Catalogue. The archive collections also include records of the Jamaican Castle Wemyss Estate, and of the shipping and trading compant of Sandbach, Tinne and Co.
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Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this post so thoroughly. I look forward to future posts.
There are various sea vessels involved in shipping to jamaica. It may include box boats or container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, ferries, cable layers, dredgers and barges.
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