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Awarded the compensation for 28 people on what appears to be the Dalby estate in St Thomas, Barbados. According to Kathleen Mary Butler, Thomas Ellis was a man of colour who owned Clement (renamed Ellis) Castle, having purchased it from Hampden Clement for 拢26,000 in 1837. By 1842 he also owned Cane Field and Dalby.
It appears that Canefield House was bequeathed by William Grant Ellis to 'my reputed coloured son, Thomas Ellis' in 1841. By his death in 1870, Thomas Ellis owned The Castle in St. Peter, Canefield in St. Thomas and several other properties, and had served as MP for St. Thomas.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995), p. 116; T71/561 p. 58: Thomas Ellis registered 28 enslaved persons.
Henry S. Fraser, 'Things That Matter: The best kept secret in Barbados', , 28 April 2013.
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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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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Natural Son → Father
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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:
'Thomas Ellis', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 21st September 2024].
