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Awarded part of the compensation for the Tryall estate in Hanover Jamaica, the bulk of which went to descendants of the Acres family, including Francis Acres Hyde and Rev. George Sandby (both of whom q.v.). George Louis's own role has yet to be determined: he was possibly a trustee.
Hanover no. 56A-H.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Geo. Louis
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£5,337 0s 11d
Awardee
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'George Louis', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42307/ [accessed 24th April 2024].
