Thomas Thistlewood (16 March 1721 – 30 November 1786) was an English-born planter, diarist, and serial rapist who spent the majority of his life in the British colony of Jamaica. Born in Tupholme, Lincolnshire, Thistlewood migrated to the western end of Jamaica where he worked as a plantation overseer before acquiring ownership of several slave plantations.
Thomas Thistlewood (16 March 1721 – 30 November 1786) was an English-born planter, diarist, and serial rapist who spent the majority of his life in the British colony of Jamaica. Born in Tupholme, Lincolnshire, Thistlewood migrated to the western end of Jamaica where he worked as a plantation overseer before acquiring ownership of several slave plantations.
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