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Resident slave-owner on Jamaica, reportedly from Linstead in England, and still active in Jamaica in 1851.
Thomas Edbury appeared as a vestryman in St Thomas-in-the-Vale in the Jamaica Almanac of 1851.'Thomas Edbury overseer' appeared also as one of the Jamaicans disembarking the John Robinson, which left Kingston in 19 September 1852 and reached Melbourne 18 February 1853, "JAMAICANS IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD RUSHES by Barry Higman, published in December 1976 in the Jamaica Journal Vol. 10 Nos. 2,3 & 4. [Reported on JamaicanFamilySearch by kind permission of Professor Higman, February 27, 2004] The list of names appeared in "The Falmouth Post" on Friday, September 24, 1852.
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£2,184 12s 10d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1829 [EA] - → Lessee
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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Administrator
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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:
'Thomas Edbury', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/18327 [accessed 14th November 2024].
