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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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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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Demerara - not yet traced in the compensation records |
Estate Information (2) |
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1798
[Name] La Reconnissance
[Crop] Cotton La Reconnaissance, shown as plantation no. 36 under the sub-heading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire Marchand, 500 carreaux, C[oton].
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot) 53(F) 75(M)
[Name] La Reconnaissance C. Spencer atty of S. Mackay prop.
T71/397 L3 1163
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'La Reconnaissance [ British Guiana | Demerara ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/7926 [accessed 31st January 2025].
