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Merchant of Liverpool, awarded part of the compensation for the Mango Valley plantation in St Mary Jamaica as trustee with Alexander West Hamilton of Pinmore, Ayr of Alexander Cameron. Presumably a relative of the Jospeh Reay whose widow Catherine was awardee in other claims for Mango Valley.
T71/1378 Alexander West Hamilton of Pinmore Ayr and James Reay merchant of Liverpool as trustees of Alexander Cameron
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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£698 6s 9d
Awardee (Trustee)
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Trustee → Beneficiary of Trust
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Liverpool, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'James Reay', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43431 [accessed 8th November 2024].
