In miserable slavery : Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-86 / compiled by Douglas Hall. PRINT

Contributor(s):

Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786

Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 1999.Description: xxiii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9766400660
9789766400668

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

B Ja Thi

LOC classification:

F1884.T44 H35 1999

Summary: Thomas Thistlewood (1721-1786) was a British estate overseer and small landowner in western Jamaica. He arrived in Jamaica, the most important of the British sugar colonies in 1750, when he was 29 years old. He became the overseer or manager of the Egypt sugar plantation near the small port of Savanna la Mar. He stayed in Jamaica until his death in 1786. He wrote a diary, which eventually ran to some 10,000 pages, and this diary became an important historical document on slavery and history of Jamaica.

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Books	OCLC Data				Available		0000000008990

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thomas Thistlewood (1721-1786) was a British estate overseer and small landowner in western Jamaica. He arrived in Jamaica, the most important of the British sugar colonies in 1750, when he was 29 years old. He became the overseer or manager of the Egypt sugar plantation near the small port of Savanna la Mar. He stayed in Jamaica until his death in 1786. He wrote a diary, which eventually ran to some 10,000 pages, and this diary became an important historical document on slavery and history of Jamaica.

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