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John Williams (Jamaican politician)

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John Williams (died 1829) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He owned the Cool Spring Plantation in Clarendon Parish and had an interest in Provost's Rock River plantation. He had family connections to the Isle of Wight in England.[1] He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820 for the parish of Clarendon.[2][3]

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  1. ^ John Williams of Clarendon. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 2 May 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.
  3. ^ Votes of the Honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica, in a Session Begun October 31, 1820, and ended January 8, 1821.. Alexander Aikman, Jamaica, 1821. p. 3.