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Resident slave-owner, nephew by marriage of Thomas Todd (q.v.). He was indebted to his uncle James Phillips Utten at his death. James Utten Easson's son of the same name (shown as a General Practitioner in the 1861 census) formerly of Princes Street Cavendish Square but late of Frame Wood Stoke Poges died in England in 1872 leaving £6000.
National Probate Calendar 1872.
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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Nephew → Uncle
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'James Utten Easson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650173 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
