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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A letter from a Grenada planter dated June 28 describes dire economic conditions in the British sugar islands, with shortages of provisions for enslaved people and tripled prices for sugar-making commodities, contrasting with abundant Dutch and French islands. The letter was found on the captured ship Friendship by the Diamond privateer.
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dated June 28, found on board the ship Friendship, lately taken by the Diamond
privateer of this port.
"All things in the sugar islands, at this juncture, afforded a most
gloomy prospect. Provisions for the Negroes are not to be purchased,
And all sorts of commodities for the manufacture of sugar are at three
times the price they were the last year; while, at the same time, the
Dutch and French islands abound with every thing. In short, calamity
is our present lot, and God only knows when it will end."
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Primary Location
Grenada
Event Date
June 28
Outcome
economic calamity with shortages of provisions for negroes and commodities for sugar manufacture at three times last year's prices
Event Details
Letter extract reports gloomy prospects in sugar islands due to inability to purchase provisions for Negroes and high prices for sugar commodities, while Dutch and French islands have abundance