UCL

Rivire Doree & Degatire

St Lucia | Choiseul

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
1818 [EA] - 1818 [LA] → Previous owner
William Alexander of St Lucia
1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
John Joseph James Alexander

Associated Claims (2)

St Lucia 760
£4,149 2S 8D
Tentative association only
St Lucia 764
£3,998 5S 2D
Tentative association only

Estate Information (7)

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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 312(Tot)  
[Name] Rivire Doree & Degatire  
 

Return of Madame M J P Alexander, owner; returned by George Baillie, manager; in English; some of the names of the enslaved people listed have been crossed out; two parishes given: Choiseul and Laborie; Choiseul

 
T71/379 565-575
1818
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot)  
[Name] Rivire Doree & Degatire  
 

Return of Mrs Alexander and the heirs of William Alexander, joint owners; sugar plantation; in French; Choiseul

 
T71/381 842
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 304(Tot)  
[Name] Riviere doree and degatier  
 

Return of Veuve and heirs of William Alexander, owners; sugar plantation; in English; two parishes given: Laborie and Choiseul; Laborie

 
T71/383 965-966
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot)  
[Name] River doree  
 

Return of John J J Alexander, owner; sugar plantation; in English; Choiseul

 
T71/385 1121-1125
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] River Doree  
 

Return of J J J Alexander, owner; in English; Choiseul

 
T71/388 1277
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
[Name] River Doree  
 

Return of J J J Alexander, owner; in English; Choiseul

 
T71/388 1437-1438
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] River Doree  
 

Return of John Joseph James Alexander, owner; sugar plantation; in English; it is not clear whether claim 760 relates to this estate or to Desgatieres in Laborie.; Choiseul

 
T71/390 1535-1536