UCL

Brook 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

The enslaved people appear to have been sold to Demerara by 1820.

Estate Information (2)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 72(Tot) 45(F) 27(M)  
[Name] Brook Hill Estate  
 

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

 
T71/340 258-261
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 75(Tot) 48(F) 27(M)  
[Name] Brook Hill  
 

Returned by Isaac Aitkinson, attorney of George Metcalf, owner; 62 enslaved people were 'shipped to Demerara under the order of H. R. H. the Prince Regent in Council'. St. Joseph.

 
T71/351 188 - 190