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1817 [EA] - → Other
Hugh Speed registered enslaved people in his own right and in right of his wife. However, after Hugh Speed's death, his wife Margaret only registered 5 enslaved people in her own right. Therefore probably only a small number of those registered by Hugh Speed in 1817 were in right of his wife. |
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Wife → Husband
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Margaret Speed', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/11905 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
