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References
- 1 2 John Blyth. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ↑ Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
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