Slavery, Exploitation and Trade in the West Indies, 1759-1832 - Volumes
Volumes
4 volumes in Slavery, Exploitation and Trade in the West Indies, 1759-1832
Business records
This volume includes a variety of financial documents relating to Phillips’ estates, such as account, receipt, and cash books. There are also inventories, valuations, and other business records such as instructions for agents and for enslaved workers, shipping documentation, and registers of enslaved people on his estates. The documents date from 1759 to 1813. Read more →
Correspondence
This volume includes a range of unbound letters and letter books dated from 1759 to 1813. Some of the correspondence touches upon social matters, but the majority of them relate to the running of the Phillips' estates in Jamaica and to trade in the West Indies more generally. The earlier items are addressed to Nathaniel Phillips in Kingston, whereas the later items belong to the period following his return to... Read more →
Legal documents
This volume contains mostly drafts and copies of Nathaniel Phillips' will, along with some conveyances and leases on his Jamaican estates. The volume also includes material about the division of his assets amongst his heirs in the years following his death in 1813. Read more →
Miscellaneous other materials
This volume includes a number of diaries, as well as documents on the general defence of Jamaica. There are also papers relating to the duel fought between Nathaniel Phillips and James Cameron in Jamaica. Read more →
