Slavery.
Subject
Subject Source: Ukat
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of the inventory of James Innes, with a list of enslaved people., 1798.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 56-57
Scope and Contents
Concerning the property of the late James Innes.
Dates:
1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Correspondence of the Warden family, 1819-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.50259
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1819-1835, of, to and concerning Alexander Warden and various members of the Warden family in relation to his life in Trinidad, his role as a surgeon in the militia, his views on slavery, the emancipation of enslaved people and resistance to slavery, and advice to his brother in Turriff (folios 1-44).Letters, 1836-1842, of MB Warden to various members of the Warden family, and of John Watson to MB Warden, concerning Alexander Warden’s death, plans to send her children to...
Dates:
1819-1857.
Holograph copy letter of Alexander Cochrane-Johnstone to Sir George Canning., 1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 83-87
Scope and Contents
Concerning expenses incurred by Cochrane-Johnstone during his tenure as Governor of Dominica to provide asylum for French residents of Guadeloupe during a rebellion of enslaved people
Dates:
1826.
Holograph copy letter of Alexander Cochrane-Johnstone to Sir George Canning., 1826
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 88-91
Scope and Contents
Concerning expenses incurred by Cochrane-Johnstone as governor of Dominica to provide asylum for French residents of Guadeloupe.
Dates:
1826
Indenture for the Camden Estate, Trinidad, between William Lushington, and John Stewart and Alexander Fraser.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14555
Scope and Contents
Document is an indenture of release between Lushington, and Stewart and Fraser of Inchcoulter. The indenture provides a legal description of the plantation and outlines the ownership rights of both the physical plantation and the enslaved workers.There are four schedules providing details on the names, ages, employment, sex, colour, stature, country, marks [distinguishing features] and relations of the enslaved workers. The Scottish connection is clear as...
Dates:
1807-1819.
Lease and release of part of the Higher Plantation, Tobago (including named enslaved people) in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50269-50270
Scope and Contents
Lease and release, 1774, of John Young and John Macrae concerning the conveyance of part of Higher Plantation, Tobago, in favour of William Marshall.
Dates:
1774
Lease and release of part of the Higher Plantation, Tobago (including named enslaved people) in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow.
File
Identifier: MS.50269
Dates:
1774
Lease of part of the Higher Plantation in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow., 1774.
File
Identifier: MS.50269
Scope and Contents
Lease, 1774, of John Young and John Macrae concerning the conveyance of part of higher Plantation, Tobago, in favour of William Marshall (folio 1).
Dates:
1774.
Letter, 1834, of Eleanor Affleck to Sarah Affleck., 1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 6-9
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1834, with transcript, of Eleanor Affleck, Jamaica, to her daughter, Sarah, in Edinburgh concerning the hire price of enslaved people, their impending emancipation and government compensation.
Dates:
1834.
Letter of Archibald Anderson and Charles Bryan to Thomas Bolt and Robert Scollay., 1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 12-13
Scope and Contents
Concerning the management of James Innes’ land, debts owed by Innes and the use of enslaved labour.
Dates:
1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson and Charles Bryan to Thomas Bolt and Robert Scollay., bulk: 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 16-17
Scope and Contents
Concerning the aborted sale of James Innes’ Jamaican estate and an outbreak of yaws amongst enslaved people.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson and Charles Bryan to Thomas Bolt and Robert Scollay., 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 16-17
Scope and Contents
Concerning the aborted sale of James Innes’ Jamaican estate and an outbreak of yaws amongst enslaved people.
Dates:
1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson to Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt., 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 14-15
Scope and Contents
Concerning attempts to sell James Innes’ estate and the possible manumission of his son James.
Dates:
1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson to Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt., 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 18-19
Scope and Contents
Concerning the value of land and enslaved people in Jamaica.
Dates:
1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson to Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt., 1801
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 20-21
Scope and Contents
Concerning the proposed sale of 30 enslaved people at public auction.
Dates:
1801
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson to Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt., 1803.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 22-23
Scope and Contents
Concerning payment for the sale of enslaved people and James Innes’ passage from Jamaica to Scotland.
Dates:
1803.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson to Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt., 1803
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 24-25
Scope and Contents
Concerning James Innes’ passage to Scotland.
Dates:
1803
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of James Colquhoun Grant to Archibald Crawfurd.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14460
Scope and Contents
On Grant's Jamaican plantation, crops, and enslaved people.
Dates:
1820.
Letter of James Innes to Robert Scollay., 1793.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 42-43
Scope and Contents
Concerning the death of his mother, his purchase of enslaved people and the rebellion in St Domingo.
Dates:
1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of John Clark to his mother., 1780.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 79a-80a
Scope and Contents
Letter concerning Clark’s employment as a plantation overseer and his ownership of enslaved people.
Dates:
1780.
Letters from George Rose to Sir John Orde concerning the governorship of Dominica.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13685
Scope and Contents
The correspondence chiefly relates to the governorship of Dominica under Sir John Orde.
Dates:
1784-1808
Letters from Jamaica of John Clark, John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty to friends and relatives at Greenock.
File
Identifier: MS.50258
Scope and Contents
Clark, JohnLetter, 1772, of John Clark to Peggy Clark concerning the death of his uncle and the dangers of excessive drinking (folios 1-2).Cunningham, JohnLetters, 1776-1801, of John Cunningham to Peggy Clark concerning his voyage to Jamaica, sale of a share in a plantation, the sale of enslaved people, the Second Maroon War, his health and his desire to return to Scotland (folios 3-22).MacLarty, ColinLetters, 1790 and 1792, of...
Dates:
1772-1801.
List of manuscripts of Scottish interest contained in the National Library of Jamaica with a list of Scottish place names in Jamaica., 1970s.
File
Identifier: MS.50274
Scope and Contents
List of manuscripts of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica (folio1).
List of Scottish place names in Jamaica (folio 38).
Dates:
1970s.
Medical Journal of Dr Normand Morison.
File
Identifier: MS.50263
Scope and Contents
A recipe for gunpowder (folio i).Case notes, 1729-1730, possibly written at Glasgow Infirmary (folios 1-19).Sketch financial accounts and copy letters, 1740s, of Normand Morison to Normand MacLeod, Daniel MacLeod and John Nicolson concerning the export of linen and import of tobacco, sugar and rum between New England, Glasgow and the Western Isles (folios 20-28).Copy letters, 1740s, of Normand Morison to unnamed relatives concerning emigration from the...
Dates:
1729-1759.
Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.
File
Identifier: MS.50266
Scope and Contents
Documents, 1753, concerning the clandestine marriage of Abraham Holden and Elizabeth Barclay (folios 1-4).Letters and documents, 1759-1776, of and to John Holden concerning Richard Holden's death, the sale of Scottish goods in West Africa, instructions for a survery and a bond (folios 6-13).Letters of Richard Holden (fl 1747-circa 1761), 1747-1758, of Richard Holden to his father and brothers concerning slaving voyages and the sale of enslaved people (folios...
Dates:
1717-1822.