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Purchaser over time of Reeds Plantation in Barbados.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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1719 [EA] - 1734 [LA] → Joint owner
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Other relatives
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William Murray married Keturah Shepherd Bruce, the grand-daughter of Hon. James...
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Deceased Husband → Widow
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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:
'Hon. James Bruce of Garlet', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654023 [accessed 26th April 2024].
