88. Jamaica. List of Negroes belonging to Mr. Thomas Thistlewood, formerly of Tupholme Lincolnshire, with a Tabular account of their weekly labour, between 1758 & 1766
- Creator:
- Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786
- Published/Created:
- Jamaica
1758-1766 - Physical Description:
- 1 vol. ; 24 cm.
- Notes:
- Pagination varies.
- Abstract:
- The papers consist of diaries, weather journals, commonplace books, reading notes and other material documenting the life, work, and intellectual interests of the Jamaican planter and slaveowner Thomas Thistlewood. Thistlewood's 37 diaries, in Series I, contain daily entries dating between 1750 and 1786. Topics include Thistlewood's work as an overseer, and later owner, of slaves, including his methods of assigning work, alloting provisions, and discipline; his personal and sexual relationships with several, including his lengthy relationship with Phibbah; and slave rebellions and rumors of rebellions, including Tacky's Revolt (1760). Other topics include personal and professional relationships with other white Jamaicans, including his first employer, John Cope, and his family; purchases and expenses; meals and other entertainments; and recreational activities. The diary for 1763 is bound with A manuscript treatise on planting, by Mr. John Palley Edwards. There is one diary by Thistlewood's nephew, John Thistlewood (d. 1768).
- Associated Names:
- Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786 [Author]
- Topics:
- Master and servant--Jamaica
Plantation life--Early works to 1800
Plantation life--Jamaica
Plantation overseers--Jamaica
Plantation owners--Jamaica
Slave trade--Jamaica
Slaveholders--Jamaica
Slavery--Jamaica
Slavery--Jamaica--Early works to 1800
Slaves--Jamaica--Social conditions
Slaves--Social conditions - Topics:
- Jamaica--Climate--Observations
- Topics:
- Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Historiography
Inventories
journals (accounts): diaries (AAT)
manuscripts (AAT) - Format:
- Text
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Creator:
- Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786
- Source Title:
- Thomas Thistlewood papers
- Source Created:
- 1748-1792
- Source Note:
- Series III. Reading Notes and Other Papers.
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 176
- Box:
- Box 11
- Folder:
- Folder 83
- Orbis Record:
- 10177215
- Finding Aid:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.thistle
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection
- oid pointer:
- 14704708
- Volume/Enumeration:
- No. 88
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 14697840
- PID:
- digcoll:4069174
