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- ↑ "Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" by Douglas Hall in Brian L. Moore et al (Eds.) (2003). Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press. pp. 97-114 (p. 100). ISBN 978-976-640-137-5.
- ↑ Hinton East. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ Hope Botanical Gardens. visitjamaica.com Retrieved 13 May 2019.
