Pieter Anthony Charbon

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Biography

Jan Adam Charbon and Pieter Anthony Charbon, merchants of Amsterdam, of the firm of Charbon en Zoon were also awarded compensation in 1863 in Surinam, where they owned Plantage Hamburg with139 enslaved people.

Sources

National Archief, Den Haag, Algemene Rekenkamer CB (Comptabel Beheer) nummer toegang 2.02.09.08,inventarisnummer 225, Claim no.80.

We are grateful to Okke ten Hove for the information about the Surinam compensation claim of Charbon en Zoon

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'Foreign'

Associated Claims (3)

Addresses (1)

Netherlands

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People of Interest

Ann Katherine Storer (née Hill)

1785 - 1854

Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.

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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:
'Pieter Anthony Charbon', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45229 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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