???? - 1788
Banker and MP, head of Smith, Payne & Smith, the banking firm that was already a creditor in the slave-economy at his death and then deepened its involvement over the next 30 years.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/smith-abel-1717-88
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Banker and politician
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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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1776 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
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Commercial (1) |
Senior partner
Smith, Payne & Smith
Banker |
Political (1) |
MP
election →
Aldborough Yorkshire
1774 - 1778 election →
St. Ives Cornwall
1780 - 1784 election →
St. Germans Cornwall
1784 - 1788 |
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Business partners
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Father → Son
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Abel Smith of Nottingham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667411 [accessed 31st December 2024].
