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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter from Henry Tucker, Agent for Bermuda, Arguing that Bermuda be made a Free Port |
| Reference | CO 37/38/48 |
| Library | The National Archives |
| Date | 3 May 1783 |
| Description | Tucker suggests making Bermuda a free port and thus allowing Americans to trade their goods (lumber, bread, flour, rice, corn, pork, beef, etc.) there for products from the West Indies (rum, sugar, etc.). Explains that the Spaniards would soon go to Bermuda to trade (cash, cocoa, indigo etc.) in exchange for British and other European commodities as well as slaves. Adds that the fear that as a free port it would be open to being captured by an enemy could be virtually eliminated by fortifying the island. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Primary Commodity | Sugar |
| Theme | Trade and Commerce; Politics and Empire |
| Keywords | port, commerce, conflict, empire, timber, lumber, bread, flour, rice, corn, meat, pork, beef, cocoa, indigo, slaves, rum |
| Region | Central America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe |
| Places | Bermuda; England; Spain; USA |
| Copyright | The National Archives |