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Daughter and co-heir of James Mapp Allen (q.v.), and co-awardee of compensation for the enslaved people on Valley estate in Barbados. Given in the compensation records as Mary L. Roberts but in her father's will as Maria Louisa Roberts and in the 1826 and 1832 Barbados Slave Registers as Maria L. Roberts.
TNA, T771/535, p. 325; T71/550, pp. 60-1.
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Maiden Name
Allen
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Name in compensation records
Mary L. Roberts
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Spouse
Major Charles Roberts
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£3,250 16s 0d
Awardee
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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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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Mary L. Roberts given as Maria L. Roberts in the 1832 Barbados Slave Register. |
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Sister → Brother
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Daughter → Father
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Sisters
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'Maria Louisa Roberts (née Allen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45139 [accessed 9th November 2024].
