Cary, Samuel, 1742-1812.

Dates:
Birth 1742
Death 1812

Biographical notes:

Samuel Cary, Jr., was born in 1742 in the Boston suburb of Chelsea. Following his graduation from Harvard, he moved to the West Indies where he managed plantations for various individuals before purchasing a Grenada sugar plantation. In 1772, after the death of his father, Cary left the West Indies and returned to live in the Chelsea family home.

Charles Spooner was a British planter who owned several plantations in the Caribbean, specifically the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. William Manning (1763-1835), a British merchant with property and business interests in the West Indies, was a member of Parliament and served as a director and governor of the Bank of England.

From the description of Letterbook for the Simon Plantation, St. Kitts, 1765-1772. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 55617481

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Subjects:

  • Slavery
  • Logbooks
  • Plantation life
  • Plantations
  • Plantations
  • Slaves
  • Sugar growing
  • Sugar growing
  • Sugar trade
  • Voyages around the world
  • Voyages to the Pacific coast

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Places:

  • Grenada (as recorded)
  • St. Kitt's (as recorded)
  • Saint Kitts (as recorded)
  • West Indies (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (as recorded)
  • Grenada (as recorded)