Author Archives: Christer Petley
Simon Taylor to Simon Richard Brissett Taylor, 30 August 1806
30/08/1806
Taylor’s letters reflect the dilemmas of slaveholding colonial planters with British identities who had, nevertheless, become disillusioned about their place within the empire. By 1806, Taylor was recommending his nephew, and principal heir, Sir Simon Brissett Taylor, who was by then aged twenty-two, to explore the possibility of moving the Taylor family and their investments […]
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Simon Taylor to George Hibbert, Kingston, 29 August 1804
29/08/1804
Taylor commented to George Hibbert on the failure of Wilberforce’s abolition bill to pass the House of Lords in 1804. By this time, he was fully aware that such a setback would be unlikely to deter future efforts by his political adversaries. He claimed, however, that if the British state were compelled to pay financial […]
Posted in Abolitionism, British Government, Defence of slavery, Kingston, Revolution, Slave trade, Slave trade abolition, St Domingue/Hispaniola, The Letters, Trade Tagged Duke of Clarence, George Hibbert, Lady Stanhope, Lord Stanhope, Simon Taylor, William IV, William Wilberforce Comments Off on Simon Taylor to George Hibbert, Kingston, 29 August 1804