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Stretton Hall estate in Vere, Jamaica, was registered to James Wright, deceased, in the Jamaica Almanacs of 1809 and 1811; in 1807 and in later editions he was shown as the late joint-owner with Robert Glasgow, also deceased.
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Absentee?
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1807 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Previous owner
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'James Wright', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632624 [accessed 8th November 2024].
