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Awarded the compensation for two enslaved people in St Elizabeth Jamaica. Identified as 'Great Britain' in the Register of Claims but to date nothing further of his life in Britain has been traced.
T71/870 St Elizabeth no. 379 Thomas Harley Great Britain, owner.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£58 6s 3d
Awardee
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Britain
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'Thomas Harley', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/17697 [accessed 7th May 2024].
