William Grenville – test-media

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

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 5 December 1792

By cp16v07 5th December 1792 5th December 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. …

Abolitionism, British Government, Kingston, Plantation management, Pronatalism, Revolution, Slave trade abolition

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 6 October 1792

By cp16v07 6th October 1792 6th October 1792

On his return to Jamaica, Taylor wrote to tell Arcedeckne about his voyage and the time he had spent in England, which was an even more disagreeable episode to him than when the sugar canes on his Holland estate had been afflicted by disease (‘the blast’). In particular, he despaired …