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Awardee under two claims in British Guiana, in both cases associated with A. Jackson. William Ross proprietor residing on the west bank of the Correntyne river registered 23 enslaved people (22M 1F), 20 of whom were woodcutters, 28/12/1817.
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Name in compensation records
Wm Ross
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£845 14s 8d
Awardee
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£826 14s 8d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 Ross', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45381 [accessed 21st December 2024].
