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Slave-trader in whose will proved 18/04/1796 he detailed his ownership of ninety 'very prime slaves' consigned to Gilbert Petrie of Tobago (q.v.) and in passage from Africa. He described Anthony Calvert and Thomas King of London as 'my two friends and benefactors.'
PROB 11/1274/97.
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Business associates
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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:
'William Roberts of Sion House, Accra, Gold Coast of Africa', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146661107 [accessed 25th November 2024].
