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Chief Justice and Speaker of Montserrat in 1792. James Willock of Antigua claimed the compensation for the enslaved people on Richmond estate as heir in reversion of Thomas Harcum, implying that the estate and the people had belonged to Harcum.
Lena Boyd Brown, Vere Langford Oliver More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies p. 56.
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Absentee?
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£4,175 8s 1d
Other association
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Deceased → Heir-at-law
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Harcum', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632054 [accessed 19th April 2024].
