Gale and Morant family papers and plantation records The Gale and Morant family papers mainly comprise correspondence, accounts and legal papers (1731-1939) relating to the management of sugar plantations and livestock pens in Jamaica. The estates included York Plantation, Gale's Valley Plantations, Mount Hindmost Estate, St Jago Pen and Paisley Pen. The majority of the papers concern the business affairs of William Gale (d 1784) who married Elizabeth Morant (d 1759). Many of these papers relate to enslavement, which include lists of enslaved people; documents recording their births and deaths; accounts relating to income and expenditure, including payments for enslaved people, their provisions and healthcare; and correspondence that provides insight into the living and working conditions on the plantations, as well as notes of revolts, escapes and liberations. Content Advice: This collection documents the oppression and enslavement of people of African and Caribbean descent. Papers within this collection contain offensive terms or terms that have changed meaning over time. In some cases these terms are included in our catalogue descriptions in order to provide information about the content and nature of the source. The inclusion of these terms does not reflect the views of the University of Exeter Special Collections. 1731-1925