Place: Eccleston Plantation (Jamaica) -- History -- Sources. / Form: Correspondence -- 19th century and Family papers -- 19th century. - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Place Eccleston Plantation (Jamaica) -- History -- Sources. Form Correspondence -- 19th century Form Family papers -- 19th century.

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of nineteenth-century legal and financial records relating to the estates of Scotchmen James Rae and his brothers, John and William, in England, Scotland, and Jamaica. These family records shed light on the economic conditions in Jamaica and the administration of estates there, which, in turn, reflect the island's social and racial conditions and the importance of trade between England and its colonies in the West Indies.

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