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Fanny Marie Poularde "Femme de Couleur Libre" [free woman of colour] registered 7 enslaved people in St Lucia in 1815.
Fanny Marie and John Myers had a son Charles Thomas Alexandre Myers who married in 1840 (John Myers was noted as deceased and Fanny Marie recorded as a proprietress). John Myers bought Bath estate in St Lucia 24/04/1812 from Mathurin Bertrand Leverrier Bergopzoom. Bath Estate was later sold by the heirs of John Myers (they were not identified) to D. Minvielle 05/03/1835 who sold the estate again in 1855 to C. Rosemont.
Ancestry.com, Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database online].
Emails from Dey Myers, 22 and 26/03/2013.
We are grateful to Dey Myers for her assistance in compiling this entry.
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John Myers and Fanny Marie Poularde had a son, Charles Alexandre Myers who married in...
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Fanny Marie Poularde', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 21st September 2024].
