1765 - 1819
Slave-owner on Dominica, where he registered 14 enslaved people in 1817 on his own account, and where he co-owned a group of enslaved people on Copt Hall with his brothers Thomas Richardson II and Sir John Richardson (each of whom q.v.). Son of Anthony Richardson (q.v.). Buried at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, aged 54, 18/06/1819 'of Great Ormond Street.' Namesake of Anthony Bacon, the Atlantic entrepreneur, slave-factor and industrialist, who had been guardian and partner of Anthony Bacon Richardson's father Anthony Richardson.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for Anthony Bacon Richardson [database online]
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Attorney and joint-owner in 1817 of a group of enslaved people later moved from the Copt Hall estate in 1819. |
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Brothers
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Son → Father
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Great Ormond Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Anthony Bacon Richardson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654093 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
