This document records enslaved persons or free people of colour. It contains the historical language of enslavement as written by the parties and clerks of the court; that language is presented as the document's own, as evidence, and is not the voice of this archive.
Abstract
December 3, 1772 Answers by John Campbell, Tackman of Dunloskin, to the petition of Alexander Campbell in Balole, in the Island of Islay, responding to allegations of forgery and improper bond cancellation.
Appendix
- Copy of the deceased Daniel Campbell's Will (Jamaica, proved 25th July 1765).
- Copy Letter from the petitioner to Alexander Campbell merchant in Kingston (16th February 1767).
- Copy of the petitioner's Letter to Alexander Campbell in Kingston, dated Balole (24th February 1767).
- Copy Letter from Alexander Campbell, one of the executors, to the pursuer (Montego Bay, 2d July 1772).
- Copy Letter from Alexander Campbell to Messrs. John Campbell senior, merchant, and John Campbell writer in Greenock (Kingston, 25th July 1772).
