UCL

Hobs Hole

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] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
William Brade of Forton Lodge
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Manager
Walter Burke
1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
William Brade of Forton Lodge

The estate was registered to 'heirs of William Brade' in 1823.

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 324
£1,163 17S 6D
Inferred identification of Hobs Hole with Dominica no. 324 based on similar number of enslaved people and the presence of the Brades as owners and awardees.

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot) 30(F) 39(M)  
[Name] Hobs Hole Estate  
 

Return of Wm Brade, owner; returned by Walter Burke, manager. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/340 283-285
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot) 52(F) 38(M)  
[Name] Hobs Hole  
 

Returned by Walter Burke, manager of an unnamed owner. St. Joseph.

 
T71/351 203
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot) 29(F) 32(M)  
[Name] Hobs Hole Estate  
 

Return of Heirs of William Brade, joint owners; returned by Walter Burke as manager. St. Joseph.

 
T71/358 158 -159
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot) 32(F) 26(M)  
[Name] Hobs Hole  
 

Returned by Walter Burke, manager of the estate of Messrs Brades, joint owners; owners' first names are not given. St. Joseph.

 
T71/359 139
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot) 32(F) 30(M)  
[Name] Hobs Hole  
 

Returned by Walter Burke, manager for an unnamed owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Joseph.

 
T71/361 297 - 299
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot) 31(F) 33(M)  
[Name] Hobs Hole Estate  
 

Returned by Walter Burke, manager for an unnamed owner. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Joseph.

 
T71/363 118