Abraham Hodgson (1765 - 11 April 1837) was a merchant, planter, and slave owner in Jamaica. [1] He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820. [2]
Abraham Hodgson (1765 - 11 April 1837) was a merchant, planter, and slave owner in Jamaica. [1] He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820. [2]
The Mosquito Coast is an area along the eastern coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras. It was named after the local Miskito Nation and was long dominated by British interests and known as the Mosquito Kingdom. From 1860 suzerainty of the area was transferred to Nicaragua with the name Mosquito Reserve, and in November 1894 the Mosquito Coast was militarily incorporated into Nicaragua. However, in 1960, the northern part was granted to Honduras by the International Court of Justice.
Southfield is a farming town on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Charles Horsfall was a merchant and slave-owner who served as Mayor of Liverpool 1832–1833.
HMS Grasshopper was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Nicholas Diddams and launched in 1813. She was the second ship of the class to bear the name; the first Grasshopper had been stranded at Texel and surrendered to the Batavian Republic on Christmas Day 1811. The present Grasshopper remained in service until sold in 1832. She then became a whaler in the Southern Whale Fisheries, making four voyages between 1832 and 1847.
Slavery in South Africa existed from 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony until the abolition of slavery in the British Cape Colony on 1 January 1834. This followed the British banning the trade of slaves between colonies in 1807, with their emancipation by 1834. Beyond legal abolition, slavery continued in the Transvaal though a system of inboekstelsel.
Hamilton Brown was an Irish-born planter and politician who resided in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, which he represented in the House of Assembly of Jamaica for 22 years. Brown founded the settlement of Hamilton Town in Saint Ann Parish, which was named after him.
William Stanford Grignon was a planter and slave owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
Isaac Higgin (c.1789-1832) was a London merchant, planter and slave owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
John Hanson was a planter in Jamaica and the owner of the Salt Pond Pen. He inherited this estate from his father, the planter and slave owner John Hanson. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
George William Hamilton was a planter in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
John Holmes (1763-1836) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
John Rawleigh Jackson was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820 representing Port Royal where he was also the chief magistrate in 1831.
Hugo James was a planter in Jamaica, the owner of Mount Moreland estate. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820. In 1829 he was appointed Attorney General of Jamaica.
John Lunan was a planter and magistrate in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
William Lambie was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
John Mais (1778-1853) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820 for the parish of Saint Andrew.
Walter Minto (1779–1830) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
Kenneth Macpherson or McPherson was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
Henry Waite Plummer (1771-1847) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
Charles Nicholas Pallmer was an English politician, West Indies estate owner and a supporter of slavery. He twice served as a Member of Parliament (MP), with his later career overshadowed by high debts and bankruptcy.