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Associated People (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner

John Chandler

Notes

Demerara - not yet traced in the compensation records

Estate Information (1)

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1817

[Number of enslaved people] 104(Tot) 42(F) 62(M)
[Name] Somerset & Berks

John Chandler joint prop with J.Blaston

T71/379 S1290

Further Information

People of Interest

Coco Sandiford

1810 - ????

Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Somerset & Berks [ British Guiana | Demerara ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/8008 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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