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Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 5 December 1792
05/12/1792
At the end of 1792, Taylor wrote to tell Arcedeckne about his fear at the prospect of an end to the slave trade. The Jamaican assembly had produced a report, laying out their opposition to abolition and emphasising the economic value of the current slave system to the mother country. Such economic arguments were an […]
Posted in Abolitionism, British Government, Defence of slavery, Spanish Town, The Letters, Trade Also tagged Chaloner Arcedeckne, Simon Taylor, William Grenville, William Pitt Comments Off on Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 5 December 1792