1793 - 1869
Pierre Marie Felix baron Muguet de Varange, receveur-general des finances, son of Pierre Marie baron Muguet de Varnage and son-in-law of Anna Catherina Boode, awarded with other heirs of his mother-in-law (including his wife Anna Suzanna Louisa Bert), the compensation for the enslaved people on Cornelia Ida in British Guiana.
'Johan Frederick Boode et ses descendants': par B.J. Buma et le jonkheer D.W. Sickinghe. in De Nederlandsche Leeuw : maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde (1964) pp. 169-70.
We are grateful for the help of Paul Koulen with this entry.
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Absentee?
'Foreign'
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Name in compensation records
Pierre Marie Felix Chevalier de Varange Magnet
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Spouse
Anna Suzanna Louisa Bert
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£10,508 13s 10d
Awardee
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Husband → Wife
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Pierre Marie Felix Chevalier Muguet de Varange', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45565 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
