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Instructions written by John Pinney to his plantation overseer regarding the treatment of slaves on his plantation on the Caribbean island of Nevis. Pinney writes: they are the sinews of the plantation…Humanity tempered with justice towards the former [the slaves ] must ever be exercised. From the Index to the Pinney papers.

John Pinney was a plantation owner and sugar agent who lived in Bristol.

Date: 1793-94

Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery