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  <dc:title>Dr John Brown's Personal Papers: Bundle of papers of John Brown relating to plantation slavery in Jamaica</dc:title>
  <dc:description>1.	Letter from John Skeing/Skang?, 1772
2.	Bill for 13 slaves (12 men and 1 child) totalling £784 purchased by Mr John Brown from Hibberts Bernards and Mountague, 1773
3.	Note from John Fowler to John Brown, 1775
4.	Letter from Edward Thompson to William Durward, 1775
5.	Letter from William Miles to John Brown, 1774
6.	Note from John Fowler to John Brown, 1775
7.	Note from John Fowler to John Brown, nd
8.	Letter from William Miles to John Brown, 1773
9.	Memorandum of crops on Keith Hall estate, Jamaica, from 1764 to 1772 and account of  135 slaves, mules and horned cattle on the Keith Hall estate, 1772
10.	Letter to John Brown in Jamaica from Robert Gordon, 1773
11.	Lease agreement for 10 male slaves between John Brown and Thomas Summer, both of of Trelawny, Cornwall county, Jamaica, 1773.

The documents use contemporary terminology to describe the slaves, terms that are now highly offensive.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1772 - 1775</dc:date>
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