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Slavery.

 Subject
Subject Source: Ukat

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Photocopies of correspondence of Scottish settlers and traders in Jamaica., 1699-1846.

 File
Identifier: MS.50276
Scope and Contents Letter, 1813, of Rear Admiral W Brown to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, concerning naval protection for the West India trade (folio 1).Letter, 1795, of Bryan Edwards to Henry Dundas concerning the Haitian Revolution and a possible British invasion of St Domingo (folio 8).Letter, 1762, of Alan Cameron to an unnamed correspondent concerning a possible meeting in Port au Prince (folio 9).Letter, 1735, of Henry Cunningham to Spencer Compton, Viscount...
Dates: 1699-1846.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50273-50276
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Scots in Jamaica, including letters of the Earl of Balcarres, the Fyffe family and other Scots in Jamaica.

Typewritten lists concenring materials of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica, formerly the West India Reference Library.

Typewritten list of Scottish place names in Jamaica.

Dates: 1699; 1735-1846.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Photocopies of the correspondence of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres., 1795-1796.

 File
Identifier: MS.50273
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1795-1796, of the Earl of Balcarres to Henry Dundas, the Duke of Portland and unnamed correspondents concerning possible French influence in Jamaica, the salary of the Governor of Jamaica and the Second Maroon War (folios 1-22).

Dates: 1795-1796.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Photocopies of the correspondence of the Fyffe family., 1750-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.50275
Scope and Contents Letters, 1807-18, of Anne Fyffe to James Fyffe concerning the sale of Drumgeith estate near Dundee, the management of Forest estate in Jamaica, the sale of enslaved people and family news (folio 1).Letter, 1802, of Charles Fyffe to James Fyffe concerning Charles Fyffe’s imminent departure from Scotland (folio 95).Letters, 1750-1778, of David Fyffe to his cousin Elizabeth Fyffe and unnamed cousins concerning his purchase of a sugar plantation, a murder perpetrated by...
Dates: 1750-1821.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Power of Attorney on behalf of Gavin and Eliza Cordiner for compensation for formerly enslaved people, 1836.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 118-119
Scope and Contents

Power of attorney of Gavin and Eliza Cordiner (misspelled Cordner) concerning a compensation claim for formerly enslaved people.

Dates: 1836.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Release of part of the Higher Plantation in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow., 1774.

 File
Identifier: MS.50270.
Scope and Contents

Release, 1774, of John Young and John Macrae concenring the conveyance of part of Higher Plantation, Tobago, including named enslaved people, in favour of William Marshall (folios 1-4).

Dates: 1774.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Lease and release of part of the Higher Plantation, Tobago (including named enslaved people) in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow.

'The memoirs [and] reflections of Hr McNiell [of the Harp], written by himself', a manuscript copy of the first volume of the memoirs of Hector MacNeill.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50257
Scope and Contents The manuscript is in various hands.Title page, including an epigram, in Latin, of Cicero (folio iii).'Chap. I The Authors Parentage.' Information concerning MacNeill’s grandfather and father (pages 1-9).'Chap. II. An unfashionable picture of Domestic Life.' An account of the MacNeills’ domestic life at their home at Rosebank, near Roslin, and subsequently near Loch Lomond (pages 9-17).'Chap. 3d. Some account of the Author.' Information...
Dates: 1804, 1912.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Transcript of the journals of John Mair.

 File
Identifier: MS.50267
Content Description Details concerning Mair’s travels from London to the West Indies via Madeira, during which he visited Barbados, Tobago, Grenada, the Grenadines, St Vincent, St Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Dominica, and his purchase of an estate and enslaved people in Dominica (folios 1-15). Particulars concerning Mair’s return journey from Dominica to London, the impact of Britain’s conflict with France and America on British colonies in the Caribbean and details of Mair’s plantation...
Dates: 1776-1791.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Two lists of formerly enslaved people on the East Prospect Estate, Jamaica., 1841.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 160-161
Scope and Contents

List of formerly enslaved people on East Prospect estate, Jamaica.

Dates: 1841.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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