Rārangi
Rārangi
Momo Taonga
Ingoa/Taitara
Letters relating to the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company, 1869 - 1870
Rā
1869-1870
Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko
Reo
French
English
Taumata o te Mauhanga o Nāianei
Parent
Ngā Taipitopito Tātai Takenga
Provenance: Unknown. Previously housed with MS-266.
Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana
[Keywords: Stewart, William. c.1766-1875, Atimaono, Plantation]
William Stewart was responsible for the introduction of Chinese labourers to Tahiti. In an effort to capitalise on the rise in world prices of Cotton, during and after the American Civil War, Stewart established a plantation known as "Terre Eugenie" at Atimaono, which ran successfully from 1865-1870. When cotton prices declined sharply after 1870 the business quickly went bankrupt and was abandoned.
John Brander, who owned the first business house of Papeete in 1860, was the son-in-law of Alexander Salmon, a prominent figure in the Salmon-Brander clan who dominated the social, commercial and, to some extent, also the political scene in Tahiti between the 1840s and 1880s.
Whakahounga o Mua
07 Jul 2023
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