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"A free black woman" named Caroline, owner of two enslaved people - Innes age 19 and Beneba age 22 - in Westmoreland in 1817. The 1817 slave register was signed by William Fleming, who registered the two enslaved people as his own property in 1820: "A free Black Woman named Caroline had him for her life, she Died."
T71/179 p. 7.
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1817 [EA] - → Owner
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Caroline [surname unknown]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658899 [accessed 17th May 2024].
