Margaret Sutherland

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

  1. Margaret Sutherland, 'free mulatto' signed as owner of nine enslaved people in 1817.

  2. Margaret Sutherland Junior is recorded as being the owner of ten enslaved people in 1820. Andrew Sutherland signed for her and described her as “Margaret Sutherland Junior, free brown woman”

  3. Margaret Sutherland's entry in the 1832 register states she is the owner of eight enslaved people. It does not mention her colour.


Sources

  1. 1817 St George Jamaica Slave Register T 71/158 pg. 147

  2. 1820 St George Jamaica Slave Register T 71/159, pg. 45

  3. 1832 St George Jamaica Slave Register T 71/117, pg. 422

We acknolwledge the contribution of Mrs. Katharine Broome to compiling this entry.


Associated Claims (1)

£136 15s 11d
Awardee

Relationships (1)

Natural Daughter → Father