Belle Vue

[Number of enslaved people] 104(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  

Return of James Thomas Caines MD, owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Vue  

Return of James Thomas Caines MD, owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Vue  

Return of James Thomas Caines, owner; 106 enslaved people were transferred 'to George and Robert Dennistoun and Co, mortgagees in possession'. Caines retained 15 enslaved people.

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[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Vue  

Return of George and Robert Dennistoun and Co, mortgagees in possession; 106 enslaved people were transferred from James Thomas Caines, while 4 were transferred from Mrs Dorothy Caines.

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[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Vue  

Return of George and Robert Dennistoun and Co, mortgagees in possession; returned by Hugh Fleck; 115 enslaved people were "transferred to Messrs Macqueen [and] McKay with the Belle Vue Estate, 1 May 1827"

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[Name] Belle Vue  
[Size] 112  
[Crop] Sugar  

Listed in St John Capisterre as an estate of 112 acres in William McMahon's 1828 map of St Kitts with 88 acres of caneland. Proprietor(s) James Thomas Caines M.D.

William McMahon, A New Topographical Map of the Island of Saint Christopher, West Indies... (1828)

[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Vue  

Return of Return of Messrs Macqueen Mackay and Co, merchants in Glasgow, mortgagees in possession of the estate and enslaved people; returned by Hugh Fleck, manager; 115 enslaved people were transferred from George and Robert Dennistoun and Co; there is another return for this estate found on p. 40 which was also Fleck for George and Robert Dennistoun and Co, who were then mortgagees in possession of the estate. St. John, Capisterre

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[Size] 112  
[Crop] sugar cane  

The map shows that the portion of land used to grow sugar cane is 88.0.5 acres

New Map of St. Kitts by Surveyor William McMahon 1828

[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Vue  

Return of Messrs Macqueen McDonnell and Co Merchants in Glasgow, mortgagees in possession 'of Belle View [sic] estate and slaves'; returned by James Thomas Caines MD. Shows that the enslaved were sold to John W Moody Esq of Harris's Estate. Moody's return follows this one showing that the date of purchase was 1 May 1829.

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[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  

Return of Messrs Macqueen McDonnell and Co, mortgagees in possession; returned by James Thomas Caines, owner; the estate is not named in the register.

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