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Maiden Name
Griffith
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Spouse
John Thomas Corbin
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Mary Jane Corbin (née Griffith) had owned 23 enslaved who passed as property to her husband on their marriage. |
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Mary Jane Corbin (née Griffith)', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646713
[accessed 4th April 2026].
