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Author: Boyd, John

Biography:

BOYD, John (fl 1829-34)

Boyd's title-pages identify him as a free man of colour living in New Providence in the Bahamas. As a part of the educational reforms of the abolitionist Governor James Carmichael-Smyth, who served in the post 1829-33, he was made Clerk of the Visitors of the King's School. (John M. Trainor, "Education in the Bahamas 1821-1836: A Prelude" [2008], accessed at journals.sfu.ca 22 Dec. 2017) HJ

 

Books written (2):

London: Cowie and Strange, 1829
Exeter/ London: R. J. Trewman/ Longman and Co., 1834