Eliza Harriott

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Biography

Awarded the compensation for six enslaved people in Kingston Jamaica.

Nothing further has been traced of her to date in Britain. Neither of the deaths of an Eliza Harriott registered Q1 1846 at Chichester Sussex or Q1 1864 at Kingston Surrey can be connected with her.

Sources

T71/870 Kingston 2353 Eliza Harriott Great Britain, owner.

England and Wales FreeBMD Death index 1837-1915.

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British/Irish

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Addresses (1)

Britain

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People of Interest

Ann Eliza French

1787 - 1835

Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Eliza Harriott', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20065 [accessed 9th November 2024].

UCL History Dept