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James Thomas Browne, co-awardee for compensation for ownership of enslaved persons in Trinidad as a representative of the Glasgow-based trading firm Gray Roxburgh, but not otherwise identified.
T71/893 Trinidad claim no. 549.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'James Thomas Browne', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44699 [accessed 19th April 2024].
