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Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently resident. LBS has not to date traced further the Woolfrys or Woolfreys family, including John Woolfrys of the compensation awards and Richard Lake Woolfrys (q.v.), baptised in 1799 the natural son of a John Woolfrys, possibly the man shown by LBS under John Woolfrys the elder.
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£70 0s 10d
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£166 19s 8d
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£142 5s 10d
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£1,033 7s 2d
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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 Woolfrys', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42514 [accessed 30th October 2024].
