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Medical practitioner on Barbados as well as slave-owner in his own right: he made a number of counterclaims for 'medical attendance' on several awards, apparently without success.
The wife of Abel Phillips of Barbados died at the Hotwells [Bristol] in 1840.
The Rev. Abel Phillips, aged 25, 'clergyman, missionary in Africa' born Barbados, was a visitor at the Vicarage of Figheldean in 1861: this was presumably the son of Abel Phillips of this entry.
Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the Island of Barbados by Vere Langford Oliver, p. 12, citing Gentleman's Magazine (1840) p. 328.
1861 census online.
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Spouse
Alice Evelyn
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£153 8s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£495 5s 9d
Awardee
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£835 0s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£318 9s 6d
Awardee
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£147 11s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£69 18s 2d
Awardee
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£38 16s 9d
Awardee
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£62 2s 10d
Awardee
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£196 3s 8d
Awardee
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£114 11s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant
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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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1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Other
Abel Phillips returned in the 1832 Barbados Slave Register as Francis Phillips [his father?] was an invalid. Abel Phillips was the awardee on 6 claims in compensation and an unsuccessful claimant in another case. |
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1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
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1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Not known
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Abel Phillips', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/976 [accessed 25th November 2024].
