1791 - 11th Apr 1837
Son of George William Oates (1757-1797) and Mary Hibbert (1761-1845), born Leeds, Yorkshire 1791. His mother was daughter of Robert Hibbert (1717-1784) and Abigail Scholey (1723-1795). In 1824 he was subject to a stinging critique by the missionary Thomas Cooper who published details of his scandalous behaviour whilst in Jamaica during a heated exchange with Robert Hibbert Junior (q.v.) over conditions in Jamaica. Cooper revealed that Oates had been living in 'a state of illicit intercourse' on Georgia estate with a 16 year old quadroon girl, who was pregnant with his child. George Hibbert Oates died at his residence Lucea, Jamaica, at which point his mother was living at Sion Hill, Bath. Three of his siblings survived infancy, with two brothers Hibbert Oates and Robert Oates also dying in Jamaica. His sister Anna Maria Oates died in Bath aged 79, 1870, leaving £20,000.
Thomas Cooper, Letter to Robert Hibbert, Jun. Esq., in Reply to His Pamphlet, Entitled, "Facts Verified Upon Oath, in Contradiction of the Report of the Rev. Thomas Cooper, Concerning the General Condition of the Slaves in Jamaica," &c. &c: To which are Added, a Letter from Mrs. Cooper to R. Hibbert, Jun. Esq., and an Appendix Containing an Exposure of the Falsehoods and Calumnies of that Gentleman's Affidavit-men (London, 1824). Available through Googlebooks: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xFcSAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false; Kate Donington, 'Transforming Capital', in Catherine Hall, Keith McClelland, Nick Draper, Kate Donington & Rachel Lang, Legacies of British Slave-ownership (Cambridge, 2014), p. 228; England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975, available through Familysearch.org; Gye's Bath Directory, corrected to January 1819; Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17/06/1837.
We are grateful to William Norton and Robin Hurburgh for their help compiling this entry.
Name in compensation records
George H. Oates
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Overseer
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£353 16S 11D
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1839 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Agent
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1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
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1820 [EA] - → Agent
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
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Leeds, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
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