Jamaica - Description and travel - Early works to 1800

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A journal of the Rev. Dr. Coke's visit to Jamaica : and of his third tour on the continent of America.
Coke, Thomas 1747-1814.Date: 1789
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A descriptive account of a part of the island of Jamaica with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves. By William Beckford, Esq. author of Remarks on the situation of Negroes in Jamaica. In two volumes.
Beckford, William d. 1799.Date: 1790
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Hints for a general view of the agricultural state of the Parish of Saint James , in the Island of Jamaica. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By Nicholas Robson, land surveyor of the Parish of St. James.
Robson, NicholasDate: 1796
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The laws of Jamaica , pass'd by the governours, council and assembly in that island, and confirm'd by the Crown.
JamaicaDate: 1716
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The lying hero or An answer to J.B. Moreton's manners and customs in the West Indies by Samuel Augustus Mathews
Mathews, Samuel AugustusDate: 1793