1835 Sept 16. Henry S. P. Eyre from Rio de Janeiro to the Rev. James Eyre of Beverley, Yorks, his father, …
1835; Gale Group;
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E 27. pp 161-64 1835 Sept 16. Henry S. P. Eyre from Rio de Janeiro to the Rev. James Eyre of Beverley, Yorks, his father, referring to the interest of all their family in the anti-slavery cause. He reports that Sir George Jackson, the British representative on the Mixed Commission, had been sentenced to 2 months imprisonment for flogging a female apprentice released from one of the slavers he had himself condemned, though on appealing to the President of the Court of the province he had not actually been imprisoned. He accuses Jackson of not being able to keep any hired slaves in his house because of his bad treatment; this caused a great scandal and greatly amused the slave dealers. He asks his father to mention this to the Slave Association [Anti-Slavery Society] and through them to get it to the notice of Parliament, adding that he suspected Lord Palmerston knew of Jackson's character and that the British Minister in Brazil, Fox, connived at his doings and spent his time catching butterflies. He suggests that Buxton or Hume would "gladly annoy Government with this fact". He reports that the slave trade was greater than ever in the last six months, and that over 100 vessels were engaged in it from that port and that the profit from it was so large that they sank the vessels after the cargo had been discharged. He adds that Sir George Jackson had been expelled from several sections of the city because of his quarrels with his mistress, Mrs Franklin. He mentions the condition of several people in Rio de Janeiro, and the correspondence he had had with his family before reverting to his anxiety to have some action taken on the information he had given without his name being associated with it because he wished to defend the reputation of his country.
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