William Beckford von Somerley

William Beckford v​on Somerley (* 1744 i​n Jamaika; † 5. Februar 1799 i​n London) w​ar ein jamaikanischer Plantagenbesitzer u​nd Autor.

John Boydell, A View in the Island of Jamaica, of Roaring River Estate belonging to William Beckford Esq. near Savannah la Marr, 1778

Er w​ar ein illegitimer Sohn v​on Richard Beckford u​nd gehörte s​o zu d​er auf Jamaika s​ehr einflussreichen Familie d​er Beckfords. Zu seinen Besitzungen gehörte d​ie Zuckerrohrpflanzung Roaring River Estate i​n Westmoreland Parish i​m Westen Jamaikas.

Schriften
  • Remarks upon the situation of Negroes in Jamaica impartially made from a local experience of nearly thirteen years in that island (London 1788)
  • A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane … also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves (London 1790)
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