Guide to the Indentures for the Purchase of Land and Slaves Belonging to Hampden Plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago

Andre Ambrus
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Guide to the Indentures for the Purchase of Land and Slaves Belonging to Hampden Plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago

Collection number: MS-M048

Special Collections and Archives

The UCI Libraries

University of California

Irvine, California
Processed by:
Andre Ambrus
Date Completed:
2005
Encoded by:
Andre Ambrus
© 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

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.


Box XOS 1

1823

Scope and Content Note

Donald and Mary Brodie of Pole(?) in County Argyll, Scotland (sellers) and Charles Kaye of London and John Hobton Forbes of Ely Place, Middlesex (buyers).
Box XOS 1

1829

Scope and Content Note

Charles Kaye of Netherton, County Devon, and John Hopton Forbes of Ely Place (sellers) and John Gordon of Newton by Old Rain, County Aberdeen, Scotland (buyer