[UMA-SR-000002674] Correspondence of the Hayward family regarding business in Surinam

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IdentifierUMA-SR-000002674Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentCorrespondence between the members of the Hayward Family from the plantation 'Pieterszorg' in Surinam (alternate spelling 'Suriname') to Bristol and London in England and Rotterdam and Amsterdam in Holland. The correspondence primarily concerns the family business in the production and trade of sugar and coffee and the related slave trade between 1799 and 1851.
The Surinam correspondence spans the period after the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire (1807) but continued under Dutch colonial rule in Surinam (and elsewhere in the Dutch colonies) until 1863. These letters also shed light on significant events such as the slave revolt in Barbados on 14 April 1816, and the effect of the Napoleonic wars on trade prices. Also revealed is the anxiety at the likely effect on business in the West Indies, if the Dutch should follow the English regarding the abolition of slavery.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this SeriesSearch within this Series

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Controlling Series[UMA-SRE-20130056] TRANSCRIPT OF THE CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE HAYWARD AND WILTENS ANDREE FAMILIESAccession[2011.0031] CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE HAYWARD AND WILTENS ANDREE FAMILIES

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[UMA-SR-000002674] Correspondence of the Hayward family regarding business in Surinam