1767 - ????
Enslaved person living and working on Unity Valley Pen (Portland), Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay (q.v.) and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
Amelia was 28 at the time of her manumission and likely to have been born in Africa. Upon arriving in Philadelphia she was indentured for 2 years 'found in clothes' and given '$26.66 freedom dues' to be paid by her master. In 1801 Barclay wrote an account of the emancipation and the fortunes of the former enslaved now living in Philadelphia; Amelia was listed as married to John (q.v.) and living with London (q.v.) and his wife.
David Barclay, An account of the emancipation of the slaves of Unity Valley Pen Jamaica (London, 1801). Available through Google Books
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Spouse
John
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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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- 1795 [EY] → Enslaved
Pen owner David Barclay ordered manumission 1795. |
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Enslaved-manumitted → Previous owner
Notes →
David Barclay ordered manumission...
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Wife → Husband
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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:
'Amelia [no surname given]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643795 [accessed 24th November 2024].
