Sugar plantations
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
G.S. Meade Hawaii letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 01768
Content Description
An eight page letter from G.S. Meade in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Mr. Atkinson. Meade was staying in the home of a British Bishop while touring the islands. Along with describing the native Hawaiian people, and the environment of Hawaii in detail, the letter names specific Hawaiians Meade met at a garden party. Meade writes that "to me it is no pleasant sight to see a favored land with its own princess to govern it, actually in the hands of another race, its trade taken by foreigners, its...
Dates:
June 17th, 1884 - June 30th, 1884
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
James Townson letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 01621
Scope and Contents
Collection of 33 letters which detail the economic issues concerning the effective production on a sugar plantation in Kingston, Jamaica immediately after the abolition of slavery in that country. Included in the correspondence is a period of time referred to as the "apprentice" system which was not a successful endeavor. The letters span a period of 13 years and follow the progress of the plantation that Townson managed for absentee owners. They detail his disillusionment with the English...
Dates:
1833-1846
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center