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Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently resident. Nothing further after the compensation process has been traced to date for him or for his executrix (and widow) Bridget Elizabeth Thompson.
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
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Testator → Executor
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Robert Surman Thompson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645915 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
