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Part of a family group, almost certainly the widow and three children of William Snagg senior, who were awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Carenage on Canouan. Mrs Jane Snagg was shown as the owner of the estate in the 1822 and 1825 Slave Registers, then subsequently 'heirs of William Snagg.' William Snagg sen. had developed Carenage on Canouan as a cotton complex.
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£6,083 10s 2d
Awardee
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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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1822 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Mother → Son
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Mother → Daughter
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Jane Snagg', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/26684 [accessed 13th November 2024].
