La desiree

Estate Details


Associated People (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Associated Claims (1)

£1,256 11S 10D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot) 26(F) 29(M)  
[Name] Desiree Estate  
 

Return of Samuel Potter and Charles Court, joint owners. Returned by one of the owner's surname rather than the name of the estate. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Paul.

 
T71/339 239-241
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot) 29(F) 32(M)  
[Name] Desiree Estate  
 

Returned by Charles Court for himself and Saml. Potter, joint owners; the entry is by Potter's surname rather than the name of the estate. St. Paul .

 
T71/350 180 - 181
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot) 30(F) 34(M)  
[Name] Desiree Estate  
 

Return of Samuel Potter and Charles Court, joint owners; the entry is recorded by one of the owners' surnames with the enslaved said to be on the estate. St. Paul.

 
T71/358 141
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot) 32(F) 37(M)  
[Name] La Desire  
 

Returned by W B Renault, owner. St. Paul.

 
T71/359 125
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot) 32(F) 33(M)  
[Name] La Desiree  
 

Returned by W B Renault, owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Paul.

 
T71/361 247 - 249
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 59(Tot) 30(F) 29(M)  
[Name] La Desiree Estate  
 

Return of W.B. Renault, owner. The entry is returned by the owner's surname rather than the name of the estate. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Paul.

 
T71/363 107