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Bridge Town

Barbados | St Michael

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
Samuel Ames

Ames's return for 'Bridge Town' was given separately from Belle View in the 1817 Slave Register but the two were amalgamated in the entry by Ames for 1820. See the entry for Belle View.

Notes

Note that the name refers to the geographical location of the holding rather than to an estate as such.

Estate Information (1)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot) 16(F) 33(M)  
[Name] Bridge Town  
 

Of the 16 girls and women recorded were those with the following occupations: drudge (2); house servant (2); market woman (1); needle work (1); waiting maid (1); washer (4). Of the 33 boys and men: Boatman (11); Carpenter (3); Caulker (1); Cook (1); Cooper (1); Groom (1); Ostler (1); Sailor (6); Sawyer (3)

 
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