Eliza Harriott

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Biography

Awarded the compensation for six enslaved people in Kingston Jamaica.

Nothing further has been traced of her to date in Britain. Neither of the deaths of an Eliza Harriott registered Q1 1846 at Chichester Sussex or Q1 1864 at Kingston Surrey can be connected with her.

Sources

T71/870 Kingston 2353 Eliza Harriott Great Britain, owner.

England and Wales FreeBMD Death index 1837-1915.

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British/Irish

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Addresses (1)

Britain

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People of Interest

Margaret Dunbar

1761 - ????

"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).

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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:
'Eliza Harriott', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20065 [accessed 12th November 2024].

UCL History Dept