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Carribean Roots - Slave Compensation List
Carribean Roots

Several years ago, Prof. Richard Lobdell (Economic historian & Vice Provost
of the University of Manitoba) transcribed the lists of compensation
payments made to slave owners in all British colonies at the time of
abolition. I worked with him to organise the Barbados entries and identify
the persons named in the Barbados lists, establishing their family
relationships. Each claimant is named individually, and it is not always
obvious that the claimants are in fact closely related, so that payments
seemingly made to individuals are in fact going to several members of the
same family. [That info is not included on the website below]

Geraldine Lane, genealogist & author of "Tracing Ancestors in Barbados" has
now taken our transcripts, checked them against the original lists,
corrected any transcription errors etc., and has posted them on a website
(see below). This is only for Barbados. It is possible that at a later date
we might tackle at least some of the lists for other colonies, but that
would require a mammoth effort so it remains to be seen if it will be
possible. Any volunteers?

In the meantime you can find the Barbados AND Antigua lists, covering
5,349 individual claims by slave owners, with an excellent introduction by
Guy Grannum of the former PRO at:

 http://compensations.plantations.bb/

Ernest M. Wiltshire, M.A. (Queen's)
Ottawa Ontario
Canada

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