A Parcel of Ribbons : Letters of the 18th Century Lee Family in London and Jamaica

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Set a few of the sugar plantations of Jamaica and the balls and masquerades of Georgian London the story is told by the Lee circle of relatives in their very own words. In 1749 thirteen year-old Robert Cooper Lee sailed to Jamaica taking a parcel of ribbons for sale. When his circle of relatives used to be left all but penniless, Robert and his brothers forged new lives in Jamaica, fathered children with women who were the descendants of slaves and supported their sister left in the back of in England. Robert returned to London along with his circle of relatives in 1771. A prominent attorney, respected all over Jamaica and a few of the West Indian lobby in London, he had built a fortune that enabled his children to combine with royalty. This remarkable choice of letters tells a story of triumph against adversity, of a circle of relatives that suffered sickness, bankruptcy, sudden death, a clandestine marriage and an elopement. Through it the entire bonds of circle of relatives endured.

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