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Bath

British Guiana | Berbice | Berbice - West Coast

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

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
1818 [SY] - → Joint owner
James Blair
- 1818 [EY] → Joint owner
John McCamon
1825 [EA] - → Owner
James Blair

Notes

Berbice - not yet traced in the slave compensation records, where James Blair's estates appear to have been concentrated in a single claim under 'Blairmont'.

Estate Information (4)

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1818
[Number of enslaved people] 323(Tot) 148(F) 175(M)  
[Name] Bath  
 

Return of slaves attached to Plantations Bath & Naarstigheid or Nos. 17 & 18 situate on the West Coast of Berbice the property of John McCamon and James Blair. This return made by John Ross their attorney 02/12/1817.

 
T71/437 228-231
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 349(Tot)  
[Name] Bath and Naarstigheid  
 

Return of slaves the property of James Blair and attached to Plantation Bath and Naarstighied, or Lots Nos. 17 & 18, situate on the west sea coast of Berbice, return by James Culley, attorney. Total number of slaves 01/01/1822 341. Additions 32 (21M 11F); deductions 24 (13M 11F), total 01/01/1825 349.

 
T71/442 39-42
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 355(Tot)  
[Name] Bath and Naarstigheid or Lots 17 & 18  
 

Return of slaves the property of James Blair and attached to Plantation Bath and Naarstighied, or Lots Nos. 17 & 18, situate on the west sea coast of Berbice, return by James Culley, attorney.

 
T71/443 505-508
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 390(Tot)  
[Name] Nos. 17 & 18 on the West Coast  
 

The property of James Blair and attached to plan. Nos. 17 & 18 West Coast, return by Charles Kyte.

 
T71/444 17-22