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There is rich detail on William Nicholson's life on Nevis, including a brief period as overseer for John Pretor Pinney on Mountravers in 1796-7, in Christine Eickelmann's meticulous and detailed account of the estate.
'The Mountravers Plantation Community' Part 3 Chapter 2 pp. 1022-24, https://seis.bristol.ac.uk/~emceee/mountravers~part3chapter2.pdf [accessed 24/05/2020].
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Nicholson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/25107 [accessed 6th November 2024].
