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Title
Extracts from the Return of Slaves on Prospect Estate in Trinidad
Date(s)
- 1813-1822 (Creation)
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"Signed manuscript document tallying and describing the slaves of Prospect Estate in Trinidad, being a register of slaves working this sugar plantation from 1813 to 1822, listing 72 individuals by the English names assignedto them, their approximate age, their occupations, health, distinguishing tribal marks, and country of origin. Folio. 8 pages, on three string-tied double-leafs, laid watermark paper of Chartham Mills, papermaker W. Weatherley made in 1824 and featuring a large fleur-de-lys emblem ... Each leaf signed in the original by Thomas Amyot, the Registrar of Colonial Slaves in Great Britain." -Voyager Press Rare Books