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Preferred Citation:

Robert Monroe Harrison Report on Labor Conditions in Jamaica Presented to Abel P. Upshur, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Biographical Information:

American consul at Kingston, Jamaica ca 1843

Scope and Contents

MSV Single Item.

This is a 47 page report on labor conditions in the Island of Jamaica.  Submitted by Robert Monroe Harrison, American consul at Kingston, Jamaica, to Abel P. Upshur, US Secretary of State.

Dated October 11, 1843

Item was received with the Tucker Papers.  Presented by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Coleman, Williamsburg, VA, August 27, 1938.

NOTE: page 36 is blank

There is a pdf file and each page scanned on: Z:\Robert Monroe Harrison to Abel Upshur 10-1848

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Jamaica--History--19th century
• Reports