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The Bristol merchants Gibbs & Bright were awarded the compensation for 63 enslaved people under the deed of transfer from J. Wood, the executor of Richard Sealy. Richard Sealy had registered the enslaved people between 1817 and 1832.
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£1,137 19s 4d
Other association
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [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:
'Richard Sealy', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650073 [accessed 4th March 2025].
