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William Henderson collection 1846-1849 1847-1849 Henderson, William collection

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Dr. William Henderson, a physician in Aberdeen, Scotland, received these 14 letters and 3 financial reports concerning the affairs of the Friendship Plantation in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica, between 1846 and 1849. R. G. Kirkland, its manager after 1847, wrote 9 of the letters about Friendship's financial problems and about the local labor situation, including the difficulty of hiring freed slaves and of retaining workers "imported" from Africa and India. Other letters from Henderson's Jamaican associates provide further information about the plantation's production and finances.

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Henderson, William, 1922-....

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Dr. William Henderson, a physician in Aberdeen, Scotland, owned the Friendship plantation in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica, in the 1840s. The plantation primarily produced sugarcane. D. Siveright worked as its overseer until his death in November 1847. His replacement, R. G. Kirkland, continued to work at Friendship until at least mid-1849. From the guide to the William Henderson collection, Henderson, William collection, 1846-1849, 1847-1849, (William L. Clements Library...

Henderson, W. F.

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Siveright, D.

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Kirkland, R. G.

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