Jamaican History, 1658-1792
Jamaican History, 1658-1792
Collection: Slavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675–1865 Volumes Jamaican History, 1658-1792
This grouping is composed of the 'materials on the history of Jamaica in the Edward Long papers, 1734-1813'. Containing a range of memoirs and histories on Jamaica, with some coverage of the West Indies also included. The Long papers provide personal details of life on slaving colonies through a range of narrative accounts. In addition, they also include some of the research and notes which the authors used to compose their memoirs. This research includes records of parliamentary debates upon slavery, statistical data on the sugar trade including the plantations, papers on the French West Indies, climate data for Jamaica and a draft of the pro-slavery paper 'considerations on the creation of the human race'.
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