Hinton East
Hinton East(died 1792) was a Jamaican creole of English parents who was a member ofHouse of Assembly of Jamaicafor Kingston. He was also Judge Advocate General andReceiver General of Jamaica.[1]
A slave-owner, he created a private botanic garden at Spring Garden, Gordon Town, Liguanea.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^"Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica"by Douglas Hall inBrian L. Mooreet al(Eds.) (2003).Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society.Kingston: University of the West Indies Press. pp. 97-114 (p. 100).ISBN978-976-640-137-5.
- ^Hinton East.Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^Hope Botanical Gardens.visitjamaica.com Retrieved 13 May 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Broughton, Arthur.(1794)Hortus Eastensis: or, a Catalogue of Exotic Plants Cultivated in the Botanic Garden, in the Mountains of Liguanea, in the Island of Jamaica &c.St Jago de la Vega: Alexander Aikman for the House of Assembly.
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