This is a list of fields in the Inventories listing. Only those where there is a value are displayed: for example, if someone has a known occupation that will be shown, otherwise 'Occupation' will not be displayed.
Field Description |
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Year Year of inventory |
Name Person's full name. |
Race Where someone is described as being one of a 'Free Black Woman', 'Free Mulatto', 'Free Negro', 'Free Quadroon', 'Free Samba Woman' or 'Free Sambo Man'. These are racialised catgeories but are those used in the sources. |
Occupation Occupation where known. |
Tradesman? Where a person identified as a tradesman. |
Merchant? Where a person identified as a merchant. |
Jewish? Where a person identified as Jewish. |
Colony Colony = Jamaica. Where the colony was not Jamaica the place is given under Location |
Parish Parish; if not a Jamaican parish, see Location. |
Location Place other than Jamaica. |
Total Enslaved Number of enslaved. |
Total Male Number of males. |
Total Female Number of females. |
Boys Number of boys. |
Boys Value £ Value of boys. |
Girls Number of girls. |
Girls Value £ Value of girls. |
Children Children irrespective of sex: usually very young children. |
Children £ Value of children. |
Total Boys Girls Children Total of boys + girls + children. |
TEV-Total Estate Value Total estate value in Jamaican currency |
TEV £ TEVSterling is the value in British pounds. Given by TEV/TEVExch - but there are some inconsistencies in the data which can be ignored |
TEV Exchange Rate Exchange rate of Jamaican currency: Pounds Sterling. Usually JA£1.4:£1. |
Enslaved Value Value of enslaved (Jamaican currency) |
Enslaved Value £ Value of enslaved (in sterling). Given by Enslaved Value/Enslaved Exchange Rate. |
Enslaved Exchange Rate Typically, the rate was JA£1.4:£1.0 but there are some anomalies. |
Debts Owing Amount of debt (Jamaican). Note that the figure is for money owed to the person, not the debts the person had. |
Debts Owing £ Amount of debt (Sterling). Note that the figure is for money owed to the person, not the debts the person had. |
Debts Exchange Rate Conversion rate for Debts Owing into Debts Owing £ |
Cash Amount of cash (Jamaican) |
Cash £ Amount of cash (British) |
Cash Exchange Rate Conversion rate for Cash into Cash £ |
Plate Value of plate Jamaican currency |
Plate £ Value of plate sterling |
Plate Exchange Rate Conversion rate for Plate into Plate £ |
1754 Landowners List Amount of acreage owned by people who are listed in the Jamaican List of landholders, 1754. It can be found at 1754 Landowners List on Jamaican Family Search |
Indentured Servants Total Total number of indentured servants. |
Indentured Servants Male Number of male indentured servants |
Indentured Servants Female Number of female indentured servants |
Indentured Servants Value £ Value of indentured servants (Jamaican currency) |
Note: a detailed list of changing Jamaican currency / £ sterling exchange rates between 1675 and 1840 can be found in Markus A. Denzel, Handbook of World Exchange Rates, 1590-1914 (Oxford, Routledge, 2016), pp. 448-449.