People / group
Baymen
The Baymen were the British settlers of the Bay of Honduras, mainly in present-day Belize, who cut logwood and later mahogany from the mid-17th century, using enslaved African labour. Spain contested their presence, but treaties of 1763, 1783 and 1786 allowed them to cut timber. They governed themselves through a Public Meeting and elected magistrates.
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