Just another Southampton Generic Blogs Sites site
 
Month: <span>April 1788</span>

Month: April 1788

Abolitionism, British Government, Defence of slavery, Kingston, Slave trade, Slave trade abolition, Trade

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 19 April 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 …

Abolitionism, Christianity, Defence of slavery, Enslaved people, France, Kingston, Revolution, Slave trade abolition, St Domingue/Hispaniola

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 7 April 1788

 ,

In April 1788 Taylor gave Chaloner Arcedeckne his early reactions to two phenomena that would define the remaining 25 years of his life: the French Revolution and the abolition movement. Political tensions in Paris were apparent throughout the Atlantic world by this time, and Taylor appears simultaneously to have relished …