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Joseph Gittens

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Biography

Resident slave-owner on Barbados, apparently building his slave-ownership rapidly in the 1820s and then selling, or having the enslaved people sold in Chancery. NB it might be that there were two or more men named Joseph Gittens active in Barbados in the 1810 and 1820s.

Associated Estates (5)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1825 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
Fairfield [ Barbados | St Philip ]
1819 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Other
Oughterson's [ Barbados | St Philip ]
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Manager
Padmores [ Barbados | St Philip ]
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Rices [ Barbados | St Philip ]
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Manager
Unknown [ Barbados | St Philip ]