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Slave Owners in British Colonial Dependencies
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2008 and Revised 21 Jul 2008
About Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834
(Ref: Ancestry.com .)This database contains slave registers from former British colonial dependencies, many of them in the Caribbean, for various years in between 1812 and 1834. Information available on these records includes: name of owner, parish of residence, name, gender, age, and nationality of slave.
In 1807 The Abolition of Slave Trade Act came into force. The act made the trade in slaves from Africa to the British colonies illegal. To combat illicit transportation following this act many of the British Colonies began keeping registers of black slaves who had been so-called “lawfully enslaved”. In 1819 the Office for the Registry of Colonial Slaves was established in London and copies of the slave registers kept by the colonies were sent to this office. Registration generally occurred once every three years. The registers continue through to 1834 when slavery was officially abolished.
Searches for various names and locations can be performed at Ancestry.com .
The Slave Registers of Former British Colonial Dependencies (1812-1834) at Ancestry.com show the following Prentice slave ownerships:
NAME BORN PARISH DEPENDENCY Year OWNER'S NAME Bessy abt 1821 St Michael Barbados 1829 George Prentice See App. A. Joe abt 1798 Barbados 1832 George Prentice Joe abt 1798 St Michael Barbados 1829 George Prentice John William abt 1805 St Michael Barbados 1829 George Prentice John William abt 1805 Barbados 1832 George Prentice Mingo abt 1799 St Michael Barbados 1829 George Prentice Mingo Barbados 1832 George Prentice Philip abt 1825 St Michael Barbados 1829 George Prentice Bessy abt 1821 St Michael Barbados 1834 Georgian A Prentice See App. A Phillip Barbados Georgiana Prentice Phillip abt 1825 St Michael Barbados 1834 Georgian A Prentice Bissy Barbados Georgiana Prentice Nelson abt 1798 St Michael Barbados 1834 Catharine Prentice See App. A Nelson abt 1798 St Michael Barbados 1826 Catharine Prentice John abt 1767 St Michael Barbados 1823 Edward Prentice John St Michael Barbados 1826 Edward Prentice Betty abt 1800 Nevis Lawrence Haddock Prentice Elina abt 1825 Nevis Lawrence Haddock Prentice Isabella abt 1822 Nevis 1828 Lawrence Haddock Prentice Kitsey abt 1813 Nevis 1828 Lawrence Haddock Prentice Mary Newton abt 1807 Nevis 1828 Lawrence Haddock Prentice Ned abt 1795 Nevis 1828 Lawrence Haddock Prentice William abt 1813 Nevis 1828 Lawrence Haddock Prentice Boatswain abt 1776 Berbice 1822 William Prentice Esquire
Appendix A: George Prentice is #2 in our Fall 2001 article about James Prentice of Co. Wicklow, Ireland . Georgiana and Catherine may be his daughters.
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