Estates Database

Database of 12,376 estates and plantations on 21 British colonised Caribbean islands, including information on slaves and slave-owners, website also has interactive maps of plantations and estates on Jamaica, Barbados, and Grenada

Access Notes: Data may be included in enslaved.org under "Legacies of British Slavery". Dates unclear as records can't be searched by years

Years Covered: 1750-1890 (dates unclear)

Dataset Format: Web based database but downloadable datasets may be available from enslaved.org

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Additional Info

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Source https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estates/
Type of Slavery Practice
  • Chattel slavery
  • Strategic enslavement
Type of Source Statistical dataset / spreadsheet
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Author Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London Department of History, Hutchins Center at Harvard
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