George William Hamilton

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title: George William Hamilton
text: George William Hamilton was a planter in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820. According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Hamilton was awarded a payment as a slave trader in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837. The British Government took out a £15 million loan with interest from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Montefiore which was subsequently paid off by the British tax
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description: Jamaican planter and politician
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Hamilton
date created: 2019-04-26T10:40:20Z
date modified: 2024-09-13T00:08:12Z
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