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Merchant and slave-trading firm of Kingston Jamaica and then Liverpool, a partnership between Samuel Rainford, Robert Rainford [sen.] and Jonathan Blundell jun. |
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Sheryllynne Haggerty, Merely for Money? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815 pp. 181-188. |
1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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.
