The University of the West Indies Press
Plantation Jamaica, 1750–1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy
B. W. Higman
History
Plantation Jamaica, 1750–1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy
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Plantation Jamaica analyses the important but neglected role of the attorneys who managed estates, chiefly for absentee proprietors, and assesses their efficiency and impact on Jamaica during slavery and freedom. Meticulous research based on a variety of sources, including the attorneys' letters, plantation papers and slave registration records, provides rich quantitative and literary data describing the attorneys' role, status, range of activities and demographic characteristics. Higman charts both the extent of absentee ownership and the complex structure of the managerial hierarchy that stretched across the Atlantic. Detailed case studies compare the attorney Simon Taylor's management of Golden Grove Estate in the decade before the American Revolution and Isaac Jackson's control of Montpelier in the years immediately following the abolition of slavery. These examples provide a wealth of information about plantation life and labour, technology, trade, investments and profits. Higman also makes a unique contribution by investigating and describing several topics previously neglected, including the postal service, the history of accounting and the role of attorneys in the British I

Language
English
ISBN
9789766402099
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Planters and Proprietors
Part 1 Managers
2. Managerial Hierarchies
Absentees
Absenteeism
Managerial Alternatives
Terminologies
Defining the Attorney
3. Planting Attorneys
Regulation
Appointment
Qualifications
Functions
Numbers
Domains
Demography
Payment
Wealth
Status
The Typical Attorney
4. Keeping Accounts
Planters' Accounts
Merchants' Accounts
Planning and Projections
5. Communicating
Writing Technologies
Inland Post
Overseas Post
Speed
Communication and Correspondence
Part 2 Managing
6. Two Attorneys
Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor's Letters
Isaac Jackson
Isaac Jackson's Letters
Two Attorneys, Two Estates, Two Eras
7. Managing Golden Grove, 1765–1775
Personnel
Defending Inheritance
Defending Boundaries
Water Wars
Building
Working Land
Working People
Trading
Book-keeping
Predicting and Planning
Assessment
8. Managing Montpelier, 1839–1843
Montpelier's Managers
Workers and Wages
Rents and Renters
Sugar
Livestock
Profit and Loss
Assessment
9. Honour Among Thieves
Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Bibliography
Index
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D
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G
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