Bridgetown, Barbados - 1839 - 1839
Part of the Temperance movement; renamed as the Barbados Society for the suppression of Drunkenness and Intemperance in 1839.
W. L. McKinstry, ‘Bowen of Barbados’, Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, VIII (1941), 47-66; repr. in James C. Brandow (comp.), Genealogies of Barbados families: from Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (Baltimore, 1983), pp. 186-205; p. 204 for the above.
1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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.
