John Simpson indenture : manuscript.

Trelawny, Jamaica, 1823 September 2.

1 item (11 leaves)

English

In English.

Purchased from Jarndyce on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2018.

This material is open for research.

John Simpson (active 1817-1823) was originally from Kent, England. He inherited Bounty Hall and Tilston estate in Trelawny, Jamaica.

Manuscript indenture, signed, between John Simpson and Adam Cliff, Thomas Hartley, and Milham Hartley. Includes four leaves of legal documentation recording debts Simpson owed to Cliff and the Hartleys; and plans for Simpson to use Bounty Hall and Tilston estate as leverage. Also includes seven leaves listing the names, ages, heritage, and the mother's name of each enslaved man, woman, and child on Simpson's estates in 1817 and 1820.

January 18, 2022

John Simpson Indenture. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

John Simpson Indenture. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Indentures - Jamaica - 19th century.