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Month: <span>November 1781</span>

Month: November 1781

British Government, Kingston, Navy, North America/USA, Sugar, Taxes/duties, War

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 26 November 1781

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By the end of November 1781, news of the British capitulation at Yorktown had reached Jamaica. In Taylor’s formulation, the failure of British forces in America, combined with the new high duties on sugar, amounted to a catastrophe for Jamaican planters. This war with the whole world must and will …

Disease/health, Enslaved people, Food/provisions, Jobbing, Kingston, Plantation management, Slave trading

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 26 November 1781

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Taylor saw enslaved people as little other than units of production but understood the necessity of enforcing routines that were conducive to efficient and sustained work. Here he talks about the value of having a medical doctor resident at Arcedeckne’s Golden Grove estate and critiques the practices of the white …