Nancy [no surname given]

1769 - 1796


Biography

Enslaved person living and working on Unity Valley Pen (Portland), Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay (q.v.) and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.

Nancy was 26 at the time of her manumission. She died shortly after arriving in Philadelphia and was buried at Potter's Field 'attended by William Holden, some of the Committee and a respectable company of black people'.


Sources

David Barclay, An account of the emancipation of the slaves of Unity Valley Pen Jamaica (London, 1801). Available through Googlebooks: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FuRbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA6&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false


Associated Estates (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
- 1795 [EY] → Enslaved

Pen owner David Barclay ordered manumission 1795.


Relationships (1)

Enslaved-manumitted → Previous owner
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David Barclay ordered manumission...