UCL

Montpellier

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Other
Alexander Cruikshank of Stracathro

'Cruikshank and Smith' were the purchasers between 1817 and 1820 of 50 enslaved people on Montpellier who were shipped to St Vincent and can be partly traced to the Belmont estate in St Vincent, owned by Alexander Cruikshank of Strathcaro, Alexander Cumming and John Smith in 1817.

Estate Information (2)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot) 24(F) 26(M)  
[Name] Montpellier Estate  
 

Return of Wm Urban Buee, deceased owner; returned by John Greenway, executor. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers as well as sibling relationship links. St. George.

 
T71/338 152-154
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot) 25(F) 29(M)  
[Name] Mont Pelier  
 

Returned by Jno. Greenway, executor of the estate of W U Buee deceased, owner; 50 enslaved people sold to Cruikshank and Smith of St Vincent. St George.

 
T71/349 129 - 130