UCL

Morne Gay

Dominica

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] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
Randal Righton
1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
Alexander Dalrymple
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Alexander Dalrymple

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 469 (Morne Gay [given as Gray])
£727 13S 1D

Estate Information (7)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot) 29(F) 21(M)  
[Name] Morne Gay  
 

Return of Randal Righton, owner. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. George.

 
T71/338 154-155
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot) 27(F) 24(M)  
[Name] Morn Gay  
 

Returned by Randal Righton, owner. St George.

 
T71/349 131
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot) 37(F) 33(M)  
[Name] Morn Gay Estate  
 

Return of Randall Righton, owner; the entry is recorded by the owner's surname with the enslaved said to be 'attached to Morn Gay Estate'; 11 enslaved people were purchased from John Appleton in Jan 1823; 11 enslaved people 'purchased at Antigua in March 1823'. St. George.

 
T71/358 95 - 96
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot) 23(F) 19(M)  
[Name] Name Not Given  
 

Returned by Randal Righton, owner; 28 enslaved people were sold. St. George.

 
T71/359 84
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot) 35(F) 31(M)  
 

Returned by F H Garraway, one of the owners, for Alex. Dalrymple and Co., joint owners; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. George.

 
T71/361 106-107
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 1(Tot) 1(F)  
 

Returned by Randal Righton, owner; 37 enslaved people were sold to Dalrymple and Co. and 4 were sold to Thomas Doyle; includes a full return of the enslaved. The enslaved were registered on Morn Gay Estate in 1826. Roseau.

 
T71/361 69-70
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot) 17(F) 9(M)  
[Name] Morne Guay Estate  
 

Return of Alexr. Dalrymple, owner. 42 enslaved people were 'removed to Belfast Estate in the parish of St. Paul.' St. George.

 
T71/363 55-57