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Month: <span>August 1781</span>

Month: August 1781

Disease/health, Enslaved people, Famine, Food/provisions, Kingston, Navy, Plantation management, Spain, Taxes/duties, Trade, War

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 28 August 1781

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Taylor’s callous disregard for enslaved people as anything other than commodities and units of labour is evident in his reaction to the effects of the storm at Arcedeckne’s Golden Grove estate, which he managed as Arcedeckne’s attorney. The shocking human cost of the hurricane is nevertheless apparent, although Taylor conflates …

Disease/health, Enslaved people, Food/provisions, Hurricanes, Lyssons (plantation), Plantation management

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 18 August 1781

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On 1 August 1781, another hurricane hit Jamaica. It was less severe than the hurricanes of 1780, and again much of the damage was in the west of the island. However, as Simon Taylor’s letter mentions, shipping was driven ashore in Kingston Harbour, and there was damage in eastern districts, …