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John Rawleigh Jackson

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Jamaican planter and politician

John Rawleigh Jackson (1780 - after 1831) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820 representing Port Royal where he was also the chief magistrate in 1831.

References

  1. Hon. John Rawleigh Jackson. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.


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