No Dates
Slave-owner on Nevis, holding the Coconut River estate there in 1765. An estate known as Coram's with 26 enslaved people was sold by Pinney & Tobin (probably as attorneys of Sir Alexander Powell q.v.) to Edward Huggins in 1783. Under an indenture of 26/03/1770 John Lytton Coram and his wife Ann sold 110 acres of land on St Vincent to Gilbert Gollan, also of Nevis, for £700.
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/documentary-evidence-new-river-estate; 'The Mountravers Community' Part 2 Ch. 2 p. 136 https://seis.bristol.ac.uk/~emceee/mountravers~part2chapter2.pdf.
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Absentee?
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Mortgagor → Mortgagee
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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 Lytton Coram', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665667 [accessed 24th December 2024].
