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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:
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1830 [SY] - 1830 [EY] → Attorney
Duncan is listed as the Attorney for Mannings and Anderson in both the 1831 and 1834 registers. |
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1828 [SY] - 1828 [EY] → Manager
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1834 [SY] - 1834 [EY] → Manager
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1758 [SY] - 1768 [EY] → Owner
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1760 [SY] - 1762 [EY] → Manager
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1817 [SY] - 1823 [LA] → Manager
Title given in 1822 is Manager and Director |
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30/05/1823 [SD] - 1831 [LA] → Joint owner
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30/05/1823 [SD] - 1831 [LA] → Joint owner
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30/05/1823 [SD] - 1831 [LA] → Joint owner
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1834 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1782 [EA] - 1782 [LA] → Buyer
Vere Langford Oliver in Caribbeana Vol. IV shows P.M. Mills selling Olivees to James Akers the elder (p. 98) and to Aretas Akers for £16,800 (p. 99), in both cases in 1782. Given its descent to Edmund Fleming Akers, it is reasonable to infer the purchaser was Aretas Akers. |
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1782 [EA] - 1782 [LA] → Seller
Vere Langford Oliver in Caribbeana Vol. IV shows P.M. Mills selling Olivees to James Akers the elder (p. 98) and to Aretas Akers for £16,800 (p. 99), in both cases in 1782. Given its descent to Edmund Fleming Akers, it is reasonable to infer the purchaser was Aretas Akers. |
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1817 [EA] - 30/05/1823 [ED] → Owner
Listed start year is the first for which evidence has been found so far. Despite the fact that the estate was transferred from Akers to Mannings and Anderdon on 30/05/1823, Akers is still listed as owner in the 1825 St. Kitts Slave Register. The transfer is belatedly recorded in the 1828 St. Kitts Slave Register. |
Associated Claims (1) |
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£2,165 17S 10D
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Estate Information (13) |
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1758
Thomas Mills acquired the St Kitts estate of Olivees for about £6000 after its mortgagee faulted on his repayments. archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/.../MillsArchive.doc
Introduction to the Mills Archive by Tom Wareham
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1764
By 1764 the plantation was worth about £11,000 (over £1.2m at 2007 prices) archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/.../MillsArchive.doc
Introduction to the Mills Archive by Tom Wareham
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1768
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot)
By the time of his death in 1768, Mills was the owner of 78 enslaved Africans on the Olivees estate on St Kitts. Many were put up for sale shortly after Mills left the island, because they were no longer required.
Introduction to the Mills Archive by Tom Wareham
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot)
[Name] Olivees Estate Return of Edmund Fleming Akers, owner; returned by John Richards, manager.
T 71/253 206 -209
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1822
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot)
[Name] Olivees Return of Edmund Fleming Akers Esq, deceased, owner; returned by John Richards, manager and director.
T 71/255 2
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)
[Name] Olivees Return of Edmond F Akers Esq, deceased owner; returned by John Richards, manager and director.
T 71/256 13
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1828
[Name] Olivees
[Size] 284 [Crop] sugar Listed in St Peter Basseterre as an estate of 284 acres in William McMahon's 1828 map of St Kitts with 151 acres of caneland. Proprietor(s) Messrs. Mannings & Anderdon.
William McMahon, A New Topographical Map of the Island of Saint Christopher, West Indies... (1828)
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1828
[Name] Olivees
Returned by John W Moody, manager of the estate of Mannings and Anderdon, joint owners; 113 enslaved people were purchased from the heirs of the late Edmund Fleming Akers; there is another entry concerning this estate on pages 1-4; it was returned by John W Moody, manager of the estate of the late Edmund Fleming Akers, owner; the estate was delivered into the possession of the Hon'ble J C Mills Esq, attorney of Charles Pinney Esq of Bristol, merchant, owner; one enslaved person was retained by the estate of the late Edmund Fleming Akers.
T 71/258 78-81
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1828
[Size] 284
[Crop] sugar cane The total area of the estate at this time was 284.3.11 acres of which 151.3.2 acres was under cultivation.
New Map of St. Kitts by Surveyor William McMahon 1828
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 119(Tot)
[Name] Olivees Return of Messrs Mannings and Anderdon, joint owners; returned by Duncan Robertson, attorney.
T 71/259 84
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 126(Tot)
[Name] Olivees Estate Mannings and Anderdon, joint owners; returned by Duncan Robertson, attorney; 126 enslaved people were delivered on the 10th November 1832 to George N Wilson Esq
T 71/260 95
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1833
[Name] Olivees
[Size] 280 [Stock] horses, mules, cattle A lease and conveyance of 7 February 1833, pp 155 - 159, No. 18642 grantor: John Proctor Anderdon of Farley Hill near Reading in the county of Berks Esq. grantees: John Hopton Forbes of Ely Place in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman James William Freshfield the younger of New Bank Building in the City of London, Gentleman. The estate is said to be in St. George Basseterre. On the property are 'dwelling houses, negro houses, mills, mills houses, distilling houses, boiling houses, curing houses, refining houses, trash houses, [and] stables..." There are also "horses, mules, cattle and [other] livestock". The entry ends with a schedule of enslaved people on the estate listing their names, 'sex', 'colour', reputed age, country, and usual employment. It is noted that the information concerning the enslaved was taken from the most recent registration of the enslaved ordered by the office of the "Registrar of Slaves". A lease of 26 July 1833, pp 410 - 411, No. 18740 grantors: John Hopton Forbes and James William Freshfield the younger grantee: John Wilson A release of 27 July 1833, pp 412 - 429, No. 18741 First Part: John Proctor Anderdon Second part: John Hopton Forbes and James William Freshfield the younger as trustees Third part: John Wilson Fourth Part: Matthew Hale of Ely Place in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman Forbes and Freshfield had been 'assigned .... upon trust' for the payment of £1500 sterling by John Wilson to John Proctor Anderdon.
Deed Book I No. 4, 1833-34, 2 (St Kitts Archives)
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1834
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot)
[Name] Olivees Estate Return of Rev John Wilson, owner; returned by William Scott, manager; 126 enslaved people were purchased from John Proctor Anderdon Esq
T 71/260 95 - 99
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Olivees [ St Kitts | St Peter Basseterre ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/3503 [accessed 21st November 2024].
