| AdminHistory | The Jamaican planters were in sore straits about this time, what with the imposition of martial law, heavy taxation, the French privateering, and interferences with the transports of several supplies from the United States. Also, the slow natural increase of negroes on the Pennant plantations gave considerable concern to owner and agent; it is well to quote the latter's dictum in his letter of January 26: "Every infant that can be raised on your estate is worth two you can purchase from a [Gulf of] Guinea factor". |