Indenture for the Camden Estate, Trinidad, between William Lushington, and John Stewart and Alexander Fraser.
Scope and Contents
Document is an indenture of release between Lushington, and Stewart and Fraser of Inchcoulter.
The indenture provides a legal description of the plantation and outlines the ownership rights of both the physical plantation and the enslaved workers.
There are four schedules providing details on the names, ages, employment, sex, colour, stature, country, marks [distinguishing features] and relations of the enslaved workers.
The Scottish connection is clear as a number of the Surnames imposed on the enslaved workers are Scottish in origin, such as Robertson, Murray, Campbell, etc.
Following the compensation claims made after the abolition of slavery in 1833-1834, two further Scots [not mentioned in the document] James Evan Baillie (1781-1863) and Hugh Duncan Baillie (1777-1866) benefitted from claims on the Camden Estate.
Dates
- Creation: 1807-1819.
Creator
- Lushington, William (MP for London) (Creator, Person)
- Stewart, John (MP for Camelford) (Creator, Person)
- Fraser of Inchcoulter, Alexander (enslaver) (Creator, Person)
Extent
15 Sheets
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 2023, E. J. Morten Booksellers, Manchester.
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Soutar Trust.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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