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Awarded the compensation with William Pulteney Allison and Archibald Allison (both of whom q.v.) as trustees of 'Col. Gerrard', the brother-in-law of the Allisons. Probably but not certainly one of Alexander Cruikshank of Strathcaro or his nephew Alexander Cruikshank junior (both of whom also q.v.), both of Angus and both from a Scottish slave-owning family.
T71/892 St Vincent claim no. 458.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Alexander Cruickshank
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£4,081 18s 10d
Awardee (Trustee)
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Alexander Cruikshank', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/27151 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
