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John Peeke

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John Peeke (died 1716) was the speaker of the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1688 and 1706.[1] He owned 173 slaves according to the 1708 return.[2]

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  1. ^ Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xvi-xviii.
  2. ^ Burnard, Trevor. (2015). Planters, Merchants, and Slaves: Plantation Societies in British America, 1650-1820. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-226-28610-5.