George Samuel Sharp

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Slave-owner in St Ann, Jamaica.

George Samuel Sharpe had three children with Ann Rae, "free quadroon" and reputed daughter of William Rae (q.v.): William Rae Sharpe (born 1815), James Taylor Sharpe (1816) and Milborough Brown Sharpe (baptised in 1831).

Sources

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

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George Samuel Sharp

Son-in-law → Father-in-law

William Rae

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No marriage has been found for Sharp and Ann Rae but she is given as "Mrs Sharp" in William Rae's...

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People of Interest

Ann Katherine Storer (née Hill)

1785 - 1854

Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'George Samuel Sharp', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15342 [accessed 26th December 2024].

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