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Robert Burke of Dublin claimed unsuccessfully as owner-in-fee for the compensation for the enslaved people on the Phoenix estate in Trelawny, which was paid to the mortgagees Miles & Kington of Bristol. Neither he nor his path to ownership has yet been traced further by LBS.
T71/874 Trelawny no. 551
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,240 12s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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:
'Robert Burke of Dublin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630529 [accessed 11th October 2024].
