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Florentius Vassall

Florentius Vassall

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Florentius Vassall (1689–1778) was a wealthy planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. The Jamaican quit rent books for 1754 show that he owned 2,700 acres of land in Saint James Parish, 3,714 acres in Westmoreland Parish, and 1,943 acres in Saint Elizabeth Parish, a total 8,357 acres.[1]

He had a garden at his house in Westmoreland, his usual residence when in Jamaica, for which he imported plants from England.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Florentius Vassall. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" by Douglas Hall in Brian L. Moore et al (Eds.) (2003). Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press. pp. 97–114 (p. 100). ISBN 978-976-640-137-5.


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