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Title: Cumnathan, 12 June 1789. ALS to Sir George Douglas
Place of Origin: Cumnathan
Date: 1789-06-12
Series Heading: M331. Nisbet, Walter, fl. 1787-88.
Geography: Antigua
Subject: Slaveholders -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Correspondence, Complaint letters -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Early works to 1800, Plantations -- Valuation, Slaves -- Valuation -- Antigua and Barbuda, Obstinacy, Slave trade -- Prevention, Slave trade -- West Indies, British -- History -- Sources, Abolition of slavery, Plantation owners -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Early works to 1800, Antislavery movements -- West Indies, British, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Dear Sir George My two former letters have already given you my opinion of Harvey's proposal. His epistle at large... is a selfish an insolent and an insidious one. Let me beg you will listen to none from him. ... If the Slave Trade is abolished he will not run the Risk of of Renting your Estate -- If not, I am convinced, he will accede to your terms... Slaves must rise to double their present value, and by procrastinating the Reappraisement... he would reap an advantage... Waltr. Nisbet.", Original digital object name: bei-m331, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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