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Indentures. Legal Instruments.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Legally binding agreements between two or more parties in two or more originals or copies. Also, contracts binding one person to work for another for a given period of time. (AAT) Index all examples under this heading. (NLS) .

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Indenture for the Camden Estate, Trinidad, between William Lushington, and John Stewart and Alexander Fraser.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14555
Scope and Contents Document is an indenture of release between Lushington, and Stewart and Fraser of Inchcoulter. The indenture provides a legal description of the plantation and outlines the ownership rights of both the physical plantation and the enslaved workers.There are four schedules providing details on the names, ages, employment, sex, colour, stature, country, marks [distinguishing features] and relations of the enslaved workers. The Scottish connection is clear as...
Dates: 1807-1819.