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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
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 calculation of what he owes is on the second page.
