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Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 19 April 1788
19/04/1788
In common with other planters in Jamaica (and across the West Indies) Taylor was taken aback by the popularity and success of the incipient abolition movement in Britain. He contemplated its effects in Jamaica and strongly asserted that he thought an end to the slave trade would result in the economic ruin of the colonies […]
Posted in Abolitionism, British Government, Defence of slavery, Kingston, Slave trade, Slave trade abolition, The Letters, Trade Also tagged Chaloner Arcedeckne, Duke of Chandos, Lord Onslow, Lord Romney, Simon Taylor, William Pitt Comments Off on Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 19 April 1788