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Heiress of Charles Steedman (q.v.), from whom she inherited the Cog Hall estate and the enslaved people attached to it, whom she had sold by 1829. Awarded the compensation for one enslaved person in St Thomas-in-the-East Jamaica, when she was shown as an absentee. Nothing further about her has yet been traced. She was apparently referred to as Christian Thomson in the Almanacs.
T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East no. 567, which identifies her as absentee.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£31 5s 11d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1826 [EA] - → Owner
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Legatee → Testator
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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:
'Christian Simson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12152 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
