Charles Mackenzie

Charles Kenneth Mackenzie (1788–1862) was a Scottish diplomat, writer and journalist.

Life He was the eldest son of Kenneth Francis Mackenzie, who had plantation interests in the West Indies, and at the time of Fedon's Rebellion acted as president of the council in Grenada; there are sources stating that Charles Mackenzie would have been classified as a Negro in the USA. Colin Mackenzie was his brother.

He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he befriended James Cowles Prichard, He then edited a conservative evening paper, Albion. Returning to England, he wrote for The Metropolitan Magazine, under the editorship of Cyrus Redding. in New York City. Parts were republished shortly by John Brown Russwurm, to publicise the Haitian Revolution.

Mackenzie, Charles. Notes on Haïti, made during a residence in that Republic, Vol. 1, London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Manioc Mackenzie, Charles. Notes on Haïti, made during a residence in that Republic, Vol. 2, London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Manioc

Mackenzie also wrote for the Edinburgh Review, Quarterly Review, and Encyclopædia Britannica.