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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:
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1817 [EA] - → Owner
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1824 [EA] - → Previous owner
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A cotton estate in St Patrick in 1824 formed on land previously part of Duquesne estate. |
Estate Information (2) |
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Robt. McDowall proprietor.
T71/265 371
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1824
[Name] Mount Airy
[Size] 37 [Crop] cotton Plotted on Gavin Smith's 1801 map of Grenada as Estate 8 in St Patrick the land forming part of Lot 11 (Duquesne) in St Patrick on Paterson's 1780 map. Produce given as cotton, 37 acres, proprietor heirs of R. McDowall.
'Reference to the plan of the Island of Grenada by Gavin Smith showing the names of all the different estates; the proprietors' names (corrected up to 1824); the species of produce made; and the quantity of land belonging to each' (London, 1882) p. 7
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mount Airy [ Grenada | St Patrick ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/13161 [accessed 26th November 2024].
