UCL

Good Hope

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
James Laing

Estate Information (4)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot) 19(F) 20(M)  
[Name] Good Hope Estate  
 

Return of James Laing, owner; returned by John Laidlaw, attorney. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. David.

 
T71/344 493-494
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot) 12(F) 6(M)  
[Name] Good Hope  
 

Returned by William Bremner, attorney for an unnamed owner. St. David.

 
T71/355 323
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 5(F) 13(M)  
[Name] Good Hope Estate  
 

Return of James Laing, owner; returned by John Laidlaw, attorney. St. David.

 
T71/358 242
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot)  
[Name] Good Hope  
 

Returned by D S Laidlaw, attorney to Jas. Laing, owner; shows that 14 enslaved people were transferred to Laing's York Valley Estate, while one enslaved female was transferred to Clarke Hall Coffee Estate. St. David.

 
T71/360