UCL

Mt Vernon

Dominica

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
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
David F. Rand
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
David F. Rand
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
Michael Boland

Although shown as the owner of Mt Vernon 1823-1832, the compensation for at least some of the enslaved people on the estate was paid to heirs of the original owner David F. Rand, implying that Michael Boland had not paid for the purchase.

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 335A & B (Mt Vernon)
£399 11S 6D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot) 16(F) 10(M)  
[Name] Mount Vernon Estate  
 

Return of David Rand, owner; returned by James Dowdry, attorney. The entry is returned by the owner's surname rather than the name of the estate. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/340 302
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot) 15(F) 10(M)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
 

Returned by James Dowdy, executor of the estate of David F Rand deceased, owner; the entry is made by Rand's surname rather than by the name of the estate. St. Joseph.

 
T71/351 217
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot) 45(F) 44(M)  
[Name] Mount Vernon Estate  
 

Return of Michael Boland, owner; the entry is recorded by the owner's surname with the enslaved said to have been on the estate; 26 enslaved people were purchased from the executors of the late D F Rand deceased; 36 enslaved people were removed from Cassada Garden Estate; 4 enslaved people were purchased from Adelle Considine; 22 enslaved people were removed from Spring Hill Estate in St. George. St. Joseph.

 
T71/358 149
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 97(Tot) 47(F) 50(M)  
[Name] Name Not Given  
 

Returned by Michael Boland, owner. St. Joseph.

 
T71/359 132
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot) 47(F) 54(M)  
[Name] Name Not Given  
 

Returned by Michael Boland, owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Joseph.

 
T71/361 274 - 277
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 98(Tot) 46(F) 52(M)  
[Name] Mt. Vernon Estate  
 

Return of Michael Boland, owner. The entry is returned by the owner's surname rather than the name of the estate. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/363 112