1787 - 1861
Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, Member of the House of Assembly for Port Royal 1830-1856, Speaker 1842-1849.
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Name in compensation records
Samuel J. Dallas
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£196 9s 9d
Awardee
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£116 18s 9d
Awardee
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£291 11s 3d
Awardee
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£122 2s 4d
Awardee
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£233 14s 10d
Awardee
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£2,547 19s 3d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£169 1s 10d
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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:
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Agent
Probably agent in 1839, certainly 1829-1832 and still connnected to the estate in 1839. |
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1824 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Agent
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Brothers
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Samuel Jackson Dallas', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42703 [accessed 17th April 2024].
