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- 1825 [EY] → Not known
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- 1818 [EY] → Owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£4,725 1S 0D
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Estate Information (2) |
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)
[Name] Chatham [Crop] Sugar George Latham, owner [increase by import].
T 71/513 347 v - 358
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)
[Name] Chatham In a codicil (made in Port of Spain) of 22/01/1825 to his will, George Latham made arrangements for the management by Robert Neilson and James Porter of Port of Spain of the Chatham estate in the quarter of Erin and the '284 negroes' attached thereto.
Will of George Latham of Winchester House proved 03/06/1825 PROB 11/1700/65
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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:
'Chatham Estate [ Trinidad | Erin ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/3751 [accessed 24th April 2024].
