Thomas Thomson

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Partner of William Rankin (q.v.).

Thome and Kimball met with Thomas Thomson in 1837. Thomson had sold out of his estates, they reported: they described him as 'one of the old school tyrants', but also reported Thomson to have said 'Slavery was a system of horrid cruelties.'

Sources

James A. Thome and Joseph H. Kimball, Emancipation in the West Indies: A six months' tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica in the year 1837 (New York, American Anti-slavery Society, 1838) pp. 285-286.

Associated Claims (8)

Associated Estates (7)

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:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1832 [EA] - → Executor

Ben Lomond [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1834 [EA] - → Executor

Dublin Castle [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

1832 [EA] - → Executor

Mount Patience [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

1810 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Newfield [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1832 [EA] - → Executor

Shirley Castle [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1817 [EA] - → Owner

Springfield Pen [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1832 [EA] - → Executor

Unknown [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (1)

Thomas Thomson

Business partners

Further Information

People of Interest

James Evan Baillie

1781 - 14^th Jun 1863

Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.

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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:
'Thomas Thomson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20581 [accessed 23rd December 2024].

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