Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Indentures for the purchase of land and slaves belonging to Hampden plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago
Dates: 1823-1829
Collection number: MS-M048
Collection Size:
0.3 linear feet
(1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises two indentures for the purchase of the land and slaves belonging to Hampden plantation and associated
properties, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Rockley Bay division of the island of Tobago in the Southern Caribbean. Both indentures
are handwritten in black ink on oversize parchment. In addition to the main text, both indentures contain a "schedule" or
enumeration of the slaves included with the landed property of Hampden plantation. This schedule lists the first name, sex,
color, age, country of descent, employment, and miscellaneous remarks for each slave, and, separately, slave children born
on the plantation, providing their first name, date of birth, and name of the mother.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Preferred Citation
Indentures for the purchase of land and slaves belonging to Hampden plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago . MS-M048. Special
Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Andrew Kosic, 1995.
Processing Information
Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises two indentures for the purchase of the land and slaves belonging to Hampden plantation and associated
properties, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Rockley Bay division of the island of Tobago in the Southern Caribbean. Both indentures
are handwritten in black ink on oversize parchment. In addition to the main text, both indentures contain a "schedule" or
enumeration of the slaves included with the landed property of Hampden plantation. This schedule lists the first name, sex,
color, age, country of descent, employment, and miscellaneous remarks for each slave, and, separately, slave children born
on the plantation, providing their first name, date of birth, and name of the mother.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Slaves--Tobago--Archives.
Slave trade--Tobago--Archives.
Plantations--Tobago--Archives.
Slave records--Tobago--Archives.
Slave bills of sale--Tobago--Archives.
Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)--Archives.
Hampden Plantation (Tobago)--Archives.
Genres and Forms of Material
Indentures--Tobago--19th century.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Kaye, Charles, fl. 1823-1828.
Forbes, John Hopton.
Brodie, Donald.
Brodie, Mary, fl. 1823.
Gordon, John, 1748-1832.
Kosic, Andrew, former owner.
