1799 - 1866
Joined brother Josias in British Guiana (Josias had been there since 1815). Date of arrival unknown, there by early 1820s.
T71/886 British Guiana claim no. 1474.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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£413 4s 4d
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£232 1s 7d
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£295 8s 0d
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£36 7s 0d
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Senior partner
Booker Brothers & Co.
West India merchant notes → (1) Established in Georgetown 1834 on takeover of existing Lucas & Cook business. (2) Added partners in 1840: John Booker (1819=1843, son of George's brother Thomas, a brewer in...
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Senior partner
George Booker & Co.
West India merchant notes → Established Liverpool firm 1834...
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'George Booker', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41863 [accessed 26th November 2024].
