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Month: <span>December 1792</span>

Month: December 1792

Abolitionism, British Government, Defence of slavery, Spanish Town, Trade

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 5 December 1792

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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. …

Abolitionism, Christianity, Defence of slavery, Free people of colour, Revolution, Spanish Town, St Domingue/Hispaniola

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 5 December 1792

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Following a petition by free people of colour seeking civil rights to the Jamaican assembly, Taylor confided to Arcedeckne that he feared that events could go the same way in Jamaica as they had in French Saint-Domingue, where clashes between free people of colour and whites had preceded a large-scale …