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- 1801 [EY] → Owner
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Demerara - not yet connected in the compensation records |
Estate Information (1) |
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot) 87(F) 147(M)
[Name] Perseverance John Grant exors to est.of B. Hopkinson.
T71/397 P2 2522
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Perseverance [ British Guiana | Demerara ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/7988 [accessed 24th December 2024].
