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1813 [EA] - → Owner
Shown as John F. Burke in the 1813 Slave Register. In the compensation records in 1834 the owner was shown as his wife Maria Espiritu Santo Burke. |
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£896 5S 7D
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Estate Information (3) |
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1813
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)
[Name] La Fortuna [Crop] Cocoa J.F. Burke proprietor
T7/501 695
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot)
[Name] La Fortuna [Crop] Cocoa J F Burke, owner [increase by 2 births and purchases].
T 71/508 403
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1834
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)
[Name] La Fortuna [Crop] Cocoa John F Burke, for his wife, Maria E S Burke, owner [increase by acquisition].
T 71/519 343 v - 344
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'La Fortuna [ Trinidad | St Joseph ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 21st September 2024].
