English Sailors Recover Sloop Seized by Spanish Guarda Costa, 1769
London [January 10, 1770]. A Letter from Philadelphia, dated November 30th [1769] says, “By Captain Miller, from Savanna le Mar, in Jamaica, we learn that on the 20th of October, a sloop was brought in there by two Englishmen, ...
King George the First’s Proclamation Against Trading with the French at Jamaica, 1720
JAMAICA. By the King. A Proclamation. Whereas we have received frequent Complaints from Merchants and Planters trading to, and interested in our Island of Jamaica, that an illegal Trade is carried on between our Subjects of our said Island, ...
British Account of Jamaican Slave Uprising, 1760
“AMERICA. Jamaica, May 8. The Rebellion amongst the Negroes has been of bad Consequence to the whole Island. Their plot was deep and cruel. Their Design was to rise at Kingston and Spanish Town, in ...
