J. Daughtrey from Lacovia, Jamaica, to Trew, 27 Aug 1839
About his circular and letter, the reactions of those to whom he had spoken about the proposals, and the facts Buxton had revealed. He hopes that recaptured Black individuals would be allowed to remain under their own control and advises that the best chance of obtaining agents for work in Africa would be from recaptured Africans, the most recent arrivals. He writes of the behaviour of Black people during their first year of freedom, their attempts to make the best of their plots of land and to build huts for themselves, and the reaction of some of them on seeing an engraved portrait of the Queen, to whom they attributed their freedom. (Copy.)
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- Creation: 27 Aug 1839
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4 pages
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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 18, pp. 367-370
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