UCL

Souffriere

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

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
Trust beneficiary
Samuel Chollet II of Croydon
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
James Berney Bourdieu
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
James Bourdieu

Bourdieu, Chollet and Bourdieu were shown as the owners of Souffriere between 1817 and 1832. LBS has inferred that the estates and 'negroes' referred to in the will of James Bourdieu's son James Berney Bourdieu made in 1836 as having been purchased by James Bourdieu, Samuel Chollet 'and myself' included Souffriere and Colibri.

1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
Samuel Chollet I

Bourdieu, Chollet and Bourdieu were shown as the owners of Souffriere between 1817 and 1832. LBS has inferred that the estates and 'negroes' referred to in the will of James Bourdieu's son James Berney Bourdieu made in 1836 as having been purchased by James Bourdieu, Samuel Chollet 'and myself' included Souffriere and Colibri.

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 172 (Souffriere)
£4,783 16S 10D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 248(Tot) 126(F) 122(M)  
[Name] Souffriere Estate  
 

Return of Bourdieu Chollete and Bourdieu, joint owners; returned by Thomas B Guest as manager. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Mark.

 
T71/346 595-602
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 253(Tot) 127(F) 126(M)  
[Name] Souffriere  
 

Returned by Charles Court, attorney for an unnamed owner. St. Mark.

 
T71/356 393 - 394
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot) 132(F) 118(M)  
[Name] Souffriere Estate  
 

Return of Bourdieu, Chollet and Bourdieu of London, joint owner; returned by Edward Dowdy as their attorney. St. Mark .

 
T71/358 284 -286
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 256(Tot) 133(F) 123(M)  
[Name] Souffriere  
 

Returned by Jas. P. Lockhart, attorney of Bourdieu, Chollet and Bourdieu, joint owners; the first names of the owners are not given. St. Mark.

 
T71/360 248-250
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 253(Tot) 134(F) 119(M)  
[Name] Souffriere  
 

Returned by J. P. Lockhart, attorney for an unnamed owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Mark.

 
T71/362 603 - 610
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 261(Tot) 137(F) 124(M)  
[Name] Souffri?re Estate  
 

Return of Messrs. Bourdieu of London, joint owners; returned by Jas. P. Lockhart, attorney. St. Mark.

 
T71/363 239-240