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Slave-owner on Jamaica, resident in the 1830s, and possibly the David Lamont 'planter' shown by Barry Higman as among the passengers on the John Robinson, which sailed from Kingston to Jamaica in 1852-53.
'JAMAICANS IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD RUSHES' by Barry Higman, published in December 1976 in the Jamaica Journal Vol. 10 Nos. 2,3 & 4. The list of names appeared in "The Falmouth Post" on Friday, September 24, 1852, http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/elsewhe2.htm [accessed 06/09/2018]
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£229 1s 10d
Awardee
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£706 3s 11d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£508 0s 0d
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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1809 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Lessee
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1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Guardian
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1826 [EA] - → Lessee
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'David Lamont', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20686 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
