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Mary B. Lawrence is likely Mary Brissett Lawrence, the daughter of Mary Lawrence and James Lawrence of Hazelymph, baptised 1780. She was a slave-owner who registered enslaved people in Hanover from 1817 to 1832 (or Frederick B Zincke/John Campbell did so as her attorney). In 1832 she registered 7 enslaved people.
We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance in compiling this entry.
Slave Registers, Hanover, Jamaica, 1817-1832; Jamaica, Hanover Census, 1823, 1; LBS database.
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Mary B. Lawrence', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/19165 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
