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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) JAMAICA.
Letter from Charles
Heighington, a Jamaican gentleman, to William Campbell, an absentee English
plantation owner.
Single folio sheet, folded to form four pages, written on two sides;
docketed with postal stamps etc on the “front.”
Jamaica, 24 May 1833
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The writer first apologizes for the failure to pay for the hire of Mr Campbell’s slave Sarah Llewelyn,
blaming it on an extended illness and subsequent sea voyage to recover. While away, it seems that
Sarah escaped into the “back mountains” of Jamaica, no doubt joining with the so-called “maroons.”
He says in closing that he is including a draft for the money owed. Heighington blames unrest among
the slaves on rumors of Emancipation, which indeed came about within a year of this letter. A calcula-
tion of what he owes is on the second page.
“GOOD HOMES AND AS MUCH TOGETHER . . .”
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) SELLERS, W[ILLIAM?].
Autograph Letter
to his cousin Daniel regarding slaves from an estate.
Folio leaf, folded to form four
pages, written on three, with integral address, remainder of red sealing wax.
Lebanon, VA, 1834
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”My mother has taken the liberty to appoint you her attorney to attend to her business in Virginia
which I hope you will accept. It is her wish that her part of the slaves should have good homes and as
much together as the nature of the case will admit of.” A letter with very good content.
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