George Rainy
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george-rainy-179-18608869
title:
George Rainy
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George Rainy was a Scottish merchant, slave owner and land owner. In the early 1800s, Rainy became involved in sugar plantations in the Caribbean which were worked by African slaves in Demerara in Guiana. Due to extensive family connections he eventually became a full partner in Sandbach, Tinne & Company, a Scottish-run company which dealt in trade in the same field and was prominent in British Guiana, to the extent that the men who ran it were called the "Rothschilds of Demerara" on account of
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Scottish merchant, slave owner and landowner
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rainy
date created:
2020-06-16T03:34:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T04:43:42Z
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