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Bell Hill

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
George Metcalfe

Estate Information (2)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 68(Tot) 29(F) 39(M)  
[Name] Bell Hill Estate  
 

Return of George Metcalfe, owner; returned by Thomas Simpson, attorney. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. George.

 
T71/338 84-85
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 1(Tot) 1(M)  
[Name] Bell Hill  
 

Returned by Isaac Atkinson, attorney of George Metcalf, owner; 61 enslaved people were 'shipped to Demerara under license from His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in Council' and 3 were removed to another local estate. St George.

 
T71/349 85 - 87