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Owner of Clearmount estate in Jamaica and the enslaved people on it, dead by 1774.
Charles White of St Catherine, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1775. Slave-ownership at probate: 98 of whom 56 were listed as male and 32 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: 拢8336.14 Jamaican currency of which 拢5063 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included 拢0 currency cash, 拢1117.58 currency debts and 拢58.94 currency plate.
The will of Charles White of St Catherine, Esquire, was proved in Jamaica, 14/04/1774.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
LOS 41.
We are grateful to Daniel Livesay for his assistance with this entry.
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1775 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Previous owner
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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:
'Charles White', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
