Entry Type | Person |
Surname | Macpherson |
Forenames | Kenneth |
Epithet | Planter and enslaver |
Dates | fl. 1820s |
Gender Identity | Male |
Biography | Kenneth Macpherson settled in Jamaica for many years as a plantation owner at Mount Vernon, not far from Sir Henry Fitzherbert's plantation of Blue Mountain (both in the parish of St Thomas in the East). The two men exchanged visits, newspapers, and gifts such as vegetables, as well as discussing the weather. |
Place of Birth | Badenoch, Scotland |
Address | Mount Vernon, Jamaica |
Source | Information supplied by an individual researching a book relating to a group of Macpherson’s in Jamaica, March 2020. See also UCL Legacies of British Slave-ownership project website (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146639895), The National Archives T 71/867 and T 71/1200. |
Authorised Form of Name | Macpherson; Kenneth (fl. 1820s); Planter and enslaver |
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