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Battalie

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] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
James Laing
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
Robert Reid
1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
James Laing

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot) 50(F) 42(M)  
[Name] Battalie Estate  
 

Return of R Reid and J Laing, joint owners. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's, and some adult's, mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/340 253-255
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot) 42(F) 42(M)  
[Name] Battalie  
 

Returned by Robert Reid, joint owner with an unnamed person. St. Joseph.

 
T71/351 187
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot) 39(F) 39(M)  
[Name] Battalie Estate  
 

Return of Hon. James Laing and Robert Reid, joint owners . St. Joseph.

 
T71/358 147
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot) 32(F) 32(M)  
[Name] Battalie  
 

Returned by D S Laidlaw, attorney for an unnamed owner. St. Paul.

 
T71/359 131
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot) 29(F) 28(M)  
[Name] Battalie  
 

Returned by Dugald S Laidlaw, registering capacity not given; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Joseph.

 
T71/361 271 - 272
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot) 29(F) 29(M)  
[Name] Battalie Estate  
 

Return of the heirs of the late Jas. Laing and Robert Reid, joint owners; returned by Dugald S. Laidlaw, attorney. Shows how the enslaved people on the estate were divided with 55 being removed to Macoucherie. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Paul.

 
T71 111