Hector Mitchell (Jamaica)

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'''Hector Mitchell''' was an alderman,<ref>[http://bit.ly/2XN2tQL "West Indian Affairs".] Letter from "Brittanicus", ''The Examiner'', 19 September 1825 (No. 920), pp. 593-594.</ref> magistrate in Kingston<ref name=hans>[http://bit.ly/2GO1slP Deportation of Messrs. Lecesne and Escoffery From Jamaica.] ''Hansard'', 16 June 1825, Vol. 13, cc1173-205.</ref> and elected to the [[House of Assembly of Jamaica]] in 1820.<ref>[[James Hakewill|Hakewill, James]]. (1825) ''[http://bit.ly/2M6woPb 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.</ref>

With the mayor of Kingston [[Joseph Barnes (merchant)|Joseph Barnes]], Mitchell persecuted two Jamaican free men of colour and had them deported from the island for an imaginary conspiracy against the government. The case was discussed in the British House of Commons.<ref name=hans/> Records relating to Mitchell's activities in Jamaica are held by the British [[National Archives of the United Kingdom|National Archives]].<ref>[http://bit.ly/2XN2uEj Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Removal of liberated Africans from Cuba....] National Archives. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref>

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[[Category:Members of the House of Assembly of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Planters of the British West Indies]]
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[[Category:Magistrates of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Aldermen of Jamaica]]

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