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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Previous owner
Dead by 1817. |
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Demerara - not yet traced in the compensation records |
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot) 91(F) 126(M)
[Name] Zealand Wm Chichester atty of exors of W.[?] Smith
T71/397 Z1 258
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 263(Tot) 116(F) 147(M)
[Name] Zealand and Planters Hall In the lawful possession of Robert Lang exor of James Smith by his attorney William Chichester
T71/415 548-555
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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:
'Zealand [sic] [ British Guiana | Demerara ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/8132 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
