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In 1817 James Northey registered 19 enslaved people on Farm Plantation in Demerara as joint prop. with William Odwin. William Odwin was also the proprietor of Philadelphia in Demerara in 1817. It is not yet confirmed that either or both of these was the same man as the William Odwin who appears as awardee in Barbados.
T71/397 E2 886
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Name in compensation records
Wm. Odwin
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£137 17s 6d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'William Odwin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45077 [accessed 5th February 2025].
