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Slave-owner on Barbados, apparently resident, dying c. 1834. His executor pursued compensation for enslaved people 'belonging' to Benjamin Miller Jones.
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£405 17s 3d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
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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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Son → Father
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Inferred by LBS based on the marriage between Thomas Battyn Jones and Elizabeth Miller at St John Barbados 21/05/1791....
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Benjamin Miller Jones', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632564 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
