???? - 1849
Partner in the London merchant firm of Fullarton M'Donald (q.v.) and slave-owner in British Guiana. He appeared as a claimant in three large claims for the enslaved people on the Everton, Providence and Lonsdale estates in British Guiana alongside his partner Gavin Fullarton, but was not named as an awardee.
T71/885 British Guiana claim no. 186; British Guiana claims nos. 156, 288 and 375.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Allan M'Donald
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£161 10s 0d
Awardee
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£10,129 17s 6d
Other association
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£9,609 19s 5d
Other association
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£20,852 13s 2d
Other association
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£21,011 2s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£4,837 13s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant
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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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1831 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Joint owner
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Commercial (1) |
Name partner
Fullarton M'Donald
West India merchant |
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Business partners
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Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Allan MacDonald', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41493/ [accessed 20th April 2024].
