Thomas Atwood (judge)
Thomas Atwood | |
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| Chief Justice of the Bahamas | |
| In office 1774–1785[1] | |
| Succeeded by | John Matson |
| Chief Justice of Dominica | |
| In office 1766–1773[2] | |
| Succeeded by | James Ashley Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 27 May 1793 |
| Nationality | British |
Thomas Atwood (died 1793)[3] was chief justice of the island of Dominica, and afterwards of the Bahamas.[4] Atwood died in the King's Bench prison "at an advanced age, broken down with misfortunes, on 27 May 1793."[5]
The extinct Dominican green-and-yellow macaw is named Ara atwoodi in honour of his description of it in his 1791 The History of the Island of Dominica.[6] Atwood's description of Dominica during the American Revolution was directly incorporated by Bryan Edwards into his 1793 The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies.[7][8]
Works
- Atwood, Thomas (1791). The History of the Island of Dominica. London, England: J. Johnson – via Internet Archive.
- Atwood, Thomas (1789). Observations on the True Methods of Treatment & Usage of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands. London, England: John Mott – via ECCO.
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References
- ^ Riley, Sandra; Peters, Thelma B. (December 2000). Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a Definitive Study of Abaco in the American Loyalist Plantation Period. Miami, Florida: Riley Hall Publishers. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-9665310-2-2.
- ^ Steven, Benjamin Franklin, ed. (1895). "Part II". The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. Historical Manuscripts Commission. Vol. 2 (Fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part X ed.). London, England: H.M. Stationary Office. p. 510.
- ^ Advocate's Library (1867). Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates. Vol. 1. Edinburgh, Scotland: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 240.
- ^ Urban, Sylvanus (1793). The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. 63. F. Jeffries. p. 576.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Ridgway, Robert (5 May 1916). "The Birds of North and Middle America" (PDF). Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 50. 7. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution: 121.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Craton, Michael (2009). Testing the Chains: Resistance to Slavery in the British West Indies. Cornell University Press. p. 361. ISBN 0-8014-7528-7.
- ^ Edwards, Bryan; M'Kinnen, Daniel (1806). "Book III". The history, civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. Vol. 2. London, England: James Humphreys. p. 128.
- ^ The Scots Magazine. Vol. 52. Edinburgh, Scotland: Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran. 1790. p. 132.
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