Michael
Trevelyan
Claims to be a descendant of Charles
Trevelyan (aka (Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (1807 -
1886)
Charles Trevelyan,
assistant secretary to the Treasury during the Great Irish Famine, has received
much of the blame for the British government's parsimonious response to the
catastrophe.
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By 1870 Michael Trevelyan, now in his 30th
year, has arrived in the Americas.
Trading and dealing along the way, had
seen that he has quietly and, some say subversively, amassing his fortune. (Albeit,
modest by Victorian London standards.)
But, in the new world Trevelyan knew there
was more wealth, just ready and waiting to be plucked - by anyone with the gall
to take what he wants.
The trading in slaves had all but
disappeared. Although Lincoln
had passed the 13th amendment only a few years before, But, Trevelyan
was a believer in the English Feudal System. Serfdom;
workers were property. Pure and simple. Property just like a horse,
a cart or a plough.
No Slave laws would not stop an Englishman
owning slaves and, moreover, the families of those slaves.
‘Black ivory’ always fetched a high price
if a Gentleman had connections in the right ports.
And white females always made good money,
especially those of
childbearing age, and with child bearing hips.
Not forgetting gold, of course gold,
The famine in Ireland had brought many immigrant workers to the Americas , Simple peasant farmers who would be only too glad to dig for a few
pennies a week.
He, being a Trevelyan, never thinks twice about
underpaying those workers. He has a
distinct dislike for all things Irish -since the Irish blame his ‘family’ for
the famine.
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In your midst:
‘Trevelyan ‘
of little sympathy, emotion or concern
for anyone but himself.
Now arrived
in Copper Creek, seeking the Main Chance.
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Game on!