Associated People (2) |
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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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- 1807 [EY] → Owner
Gilbert Douglas reportedly owned the Fairfield cotton estate in Demerara until his death in 1807, and his wife Cecilia sold 'produce and land' in Demerara. |
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner
This is a tentative association only. 'Heirs of Ramsay & Douglas' were shown in the 1817 registration. |
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Demerara - not yet traced in the compensation records |
Estate Information (1) |
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 273(Tot) 132(F) 141(M)
[Name] Fairfield & Uplands And. Gallaway registered 273 enslaved people on Fairfield & Uplands in Demerara as atty of heirs of Ramsay & Douglas
T71/397 F3 1728
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Fairfield & Uplands [ British Guiana | Demerara ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/7818 [accessed 21st December 2024].
