Dick's Last Shift

[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 10(F) 8(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

'In the possession of Richard Arrowsmith as owner in right of his wife Sarah Arrowsmith who is entitled to the same by virtue of the last will and testament of her late mother Ann Phipps deceased duly enrolled according to law and confirmed by a decree of the High Court of Chancery.'

The Registers reveal numerous family links amongst enslaved people livign on the estate in 1817 (NB that all ages and dates are approximations). Sykey (aged 85 years in 1817) was born in Africa in 1730 and taken to Jamaica by 1760. Her daughter, Kate (aged 57 in 1817) was likely born this year. Kate’s daughters included Elizabeth Brown (aged 37) and Rose (aged 27), also known as Eleanor Phipps. Elizabeth’s children included Sam (aged 15), Dido (aged 9), Kitty (aged 7), and Crommell (aged 5). Rose Phipps’s children included Mary (aged 11), Tom (aged 8) and Sally (also aged 8).

The Rev. Alexander Campbell (q.v., LBS individual page 12742), rector of St Andrew, recorded the baptism of Eleanor Phipps (aged 30) and Mary Ann Phipps (14), ‘[black] slaves on Dick’s Last Shift plantation’, on 13/07/1817.

T71/125 627 FamilySearch, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880, St Andrew > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1807-1826, vol. 2, p. 83.

[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 9(F) 9(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Sarah Arrowsmith as owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 7  

Registered to Richard Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 8  

Registered to Richard Arrowsmith deceased.

Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot) 13(F) 14(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Sarah Arrowsmith as owner.

T71/128 43

[Number of enslaved people] 41(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 6  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 7  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot) 12(F) 14(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Sarah Arrowsmith as owner.

T71/131 22

[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 5  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 41(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 5  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 4  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Sarah Arrowsmith as owner.

T71/134 20

[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 4  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 4  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Sarah Arrowsmith as owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Dick's Last Shift  
[Stock] 4  

Registered to Sarah Arrowsmith.

Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Name] Cassel  

In February 1840, the following notice appeared in the Morning Journal of Kingston: 'A LUCRATIVE INVESTMENT. ON SALE. By the Undersigned, THAT valuable Coffee Plantation, situate in the parish of St. Andrew, and distance from this City about 12 miles, called CASSEL, formerly Dick's Last Shift, containing 111 Acres of Land, a great proportion in good bearing Coffee, and from 10 to 15 Acres in Arrow Root and Provisions. It has thereon a Water Wheel Pulper, Barbicues, Tanks, and Glutter, all in good repair, as also an excellent DWELLING HOUSE and Works, which are substantially built of stone, and lately undergone a thorough repair. Any person desirous of investing money to an advantage, can have further particulars and terms made known, on application to M. H. SAMUELS, Gen. Agent and Auct.'

A month later, the following notice appeared in the same publication: 'The want of bidders on Friday last prevented the sale of Cassel Coffee Plantation, formerly Dick's Last Shift. The Undersigned has received positive instructions to dispose of the same on Saturday next, the 14th instant, in front of the Commercial Hotel, without reserve.'

Morning Journal of Kingston, 08/02/1840, p.3 and 11/02/1840, p. 2.

[Name] Cassel  

Included in the list of coffee estates abandoned since 1832, when the Emancipation Act passed, as shown by Returns from the clerks of the vestries.

Seventh Report from the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting. Parliamentary Papers, vol. 25, part 3, p. 232. H.M. Stationery Office, 1848.