Indentures for the Purchase of Land and Slaves Belonging to Hampden Plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago, 1823-1829

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Title:
Indentures for the purchase of land and slaves belonging to Hampden plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago
Dates:
1823-1829
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.
Extent:
0.3 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
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.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Andrew Kosic, 1995.
Processing information:

Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Andre Ambrus
Date Prepared:
© 2005
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Andre Ambrus. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: February 15, 2005.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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