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In a List of inhabitants of Christ Church, Barbados, c.1758, King was listed as owning 22 enslaved. Figures from a list of whites and blacks in Christ Church, c.1758. The exact date of the list is not given; but internal evidence places it in or soon after 1758. The figures were given as 7 whites, and blacks as: men: 2; women: 4; boys: 3; girls: 13. [It is not clear why only 7 whites were given nor if the figure for blacks was comprehensive.]
It is possible that this was the husband of Ann King (q.v.) and the father of the Rev. Robert F. King (q.v.) - but it is not certain.
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Previous owner
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Father → Son
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Husband → Wife
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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:
'Joseph King', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643389 [accessed 6th January 2025].
