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Shown as attorney for Haughton Tower estate in Jamaica in 1765, and associated in secondary literature also as 'lawyer' [probably attorney] for Nathaniel Phillips of Slebech (q.v.), a connection not yet verified by LBS. Not traced further to date, although presumably connected to Robert Cooper Lee (q.v.).
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'James Cooper Lee', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663837
[accessed 4th April 2026].
