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Army officer, nephew and heir of his uncles John Francis Crawford and Charles Crawford 'Earl of Crawford' (q.v.), slave-owners in Antigua and in the case of Charles Crawford an anti-slavery polemicist who mandated the emancipation of his enslaved people in his will. John Francis Byrne himself was author of a free trade pamphlet, Four Letters on the Corn Laws addressed to Rt Hon. Sir Robert Peel (London, E. Palmer & Son, n.d. but 1841).
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Wealth at death
£8,000
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PamphletsAuthor?
Four letters on the Corn Laws addressed to Rt Hon. Sir Robert... 1841
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Uncle
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Ringwood, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'John Francis Byrne', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146661173 [accessed 26th November 2024].
