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Robert Burke of Dublin claimed unsuccessfully as owner-in-fee for the compensation for the enslaved people on the Phoenix estate in Trelawny, which was paid to the mortgagees Miles & Kington of Bristol. The estate and enslaved people attached to it had passed to him around 1826 from John Burke. By 1840 the estate was shown as belonging the heirs of Robert Burke. He has not yet been traced further by LBS.
T71/874 Trelawny no. 551
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,240 12s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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1759 - 1820
Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.
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:
'Robert Burke of Dublin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630529 [accessed 22nd January 2025].
