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Margaret Kent was in Edinburgh at the time of 'slave compensation', in which she was an awardee for four enslaved people. She had been the 'housekeeper' on Tobago of Alexander Nisbett (q.v.) according to his will, and the pair had two children.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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£101 7s 5d
Awardee
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Extra-marital relationships
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Margaret Kent and Alexander Nisbett had two children together. Nisbett described her as his housekeeper in 1823, which included her children Charlotte and William 'of whom I am the reputed...
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, Central Scotland, Scotland
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'Margaret Kent', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/28081 [accessed 26th December 2024].
