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Migration: Caribb~an St. Vincent

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St. Vincent, 27 Novem~r, 18.32

2/5Yi unpaid packet letter to Hamilton, ScotlancL Packet rate plus Li erpool via Carlisle to
Glasgow. Boxed Addl Yi applied in Carlisle. Hamilton Penny Post, ld rate, handstamp left.
Per letter contents, frustration concerning anti-slavery sentiments reads as follows:
"! wish they would keep their charity and not middle with u. or our slaves. "
The British were very interested in developing plantations on the Caribbean islands to provide food. Many Scots invested in and
worked on plantations. The Caribbean provided opportunity compared to Scotland where land was limited and difficult to work.