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Thomas Ludford

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Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica. A warrant for his arrest was issued on the instructions of the Duke of Manchester for the murder of an enslaved man, Cuffey, in 1817 (and R.W. Fearon, the custos of Clarendon, dismissed for his delay in issuing a warrant). Ludford was reported to have escaped from the island.


Sources

Parliamentary Papers, Seession Jan. 27 - June 10 1818, Vol. XVII (247) Papers relating to the treatment of slaves in the colonies 30/04/1818 pp. 260-267.

Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1799 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
Mount Lebanus [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]