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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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31/05/1823 [SD] - → Owner
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1807 [EA] - 30/05/1823 [ED] → Trust beneficiary
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1817 [EA] - → Other
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Estate Information (2) |
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot) 10(F) 4(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Rossiter as representative of Elizabeth Sophia Rossiter deceased to become the property of Jane Jones on her obtaining the age of 21 or day of marriage.
T71/25 537
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot) 12(F) 4(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Rofsiter as agent for Jane Jones. Registered in 1817 by Thomas Rossiter as the representative of Elizabeth Sophia Rossiter deceased.
T71/27 311
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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:
'Unknown [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/19881 [accessed 24th December 2024].
