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Resident slave-owner and merchant in Jamaica, partner with William Chrystie and James Carson in a successor firm to Simpson, Taylor until 1843.
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£689 13s 0d
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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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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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Commercial (1) |
Partner
Simpson, Taylor & Co.
West India merchant |
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Business partners
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Business partners
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Porteous', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46040/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
