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Lawrence Gibson appeared as awardee in 10 claims in Kingston, Manchester, St Andrew and St Elizabeth. This was probably the same man, and was also probably the Lawrence Gibson, partner with Peter Sinclair in Sinclair and Gibson of Glasgow and Gibson and Sinclair of Kingston Jamaica, merchants and commission agents, who were made bankrupt in 1829.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol. XXVI No. CLIX Nov. 1829, p. 640.
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£201 12s 5d
Awardee
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Lawrence Gibson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/22680 [accessed 13th November 2024].
