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Slave-owner in Demerara and merchant of Lancaster. Partner with Robert Dodson and John Dodgson in a mercantile firm in Stabroek, then partner with Robert Dodson (q.v.) in Lancaster: the two men were individually bankrupt in 1811.
Essequebo & Demerara Gazette, 15/12/1804: Notice of dissolution of the partnership of Jacob Ridley and Robert Dodson, of Lancaster (Lancashire), and Wm. Dodgson [sic], of Stabroek, merchants as Ridley, Dodson & Co.; London Gazette 17034 4 July 1815 p. 1331.
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Not known
'Assignee of Ridley'. Inferred to be Jacob Ridley |
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Name partner
Ridley & Dodson
West India merchant |
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Jacob Ridley', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652467 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
