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MACKINNON SLAVERY COMPENSATION

Evidence Records & Research Trail

Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries

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> A primary-source registry of the enslaved population of Mackinnon's Estate, Antigua. Each block is a documentary trail point with a count, a citation, and an outstanding research action.

C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON> cd RECORDS

> Volume in drive C, RECORDS subdirectory mounted.

C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON\RECORDS> type KNOWN.TXT
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> What is currently known about the enslaved population of Mackinnon's Estate from open-text sources, plus the rule for counting unique individuals.

KNOWN MINIMUM

At least 293 individuals.

NAMED PERSON FROM OPEN TEXT

Juncho.

KNOWN FAMILY LINKS FROM OPEN TEXT

Juncho had a daughter, several grandchildren, and at least one child during slavery, but those relatives are unnamed in the published passage.

TOTAL UNIQUE PEOPLE — COUNTING METHOD

Total unique people equals everyone in the first available Mackinnon register, plus all later births, purchases, transfers in, and returns, minus duplicate appearances of the same person across later registers.

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C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON\RECORDS> type EVIDENCE.LOG
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> Documentary trail for the enslaved population of Mackinnon's Estate, Antigua. Each entry is a primary source with a count and an outstanding research action.

#PeriodCountSource
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011817293 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
021821277 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
031824278 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
041828271 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
051832276 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
061836276 enslavedCompensation claim, Antigua claim number 35
07Shortly after emancipationno full countPublished testimony in Antigua and the Antiguans
081700s to later ownershipno cumulative countOpen historical summary, Antigua Sugar Mills

C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON> type EVIDENCE.LOG /verbose

[1817]·293 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
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ProvesThis is the strongest current lower bound for the enslaved population in the register era.
NamesNames should exist in the register pages, but they are not transcribed in the open UCL page.
TodoManually transcribe T71/245, pages 566 to 572.
[1821]·277 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
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ProvesLater snapshot, not cumulative.
NamesNames should exist in register images.
TodoManually transcribe T71/246, pages 329 to 338.
[1824]·278 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
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ProvesLater snapshot, not cumulative.
NamesNames should exist in register images.
TodoManually transcribe T71/248, pages 744 to 749.
[1828]·271 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
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ProvesLater snapshot. This may be the "at most 271" figure repeated elsewhere, but it is not the total.
NamesNames should exist in register images.
TodoManually transcribe T71/249, pages 482 to 487.
[1832]·276 enslavedMackinnon's Estate, slave register
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ProvesFinal register-era snapshot before abolition compensation.
NamesNames should exist in register images.
TodoManually transcribe T71/250, pages 441 to 446.
[1836]·276 enslavedCompensation claim, Antigua claim number 35
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ProvesThis is the compensation count, not the whole historical population.
NamesUCL lists claimants and awardees, not the enslaved people's names on this page.
TodoCheck the original T71/877 claim file and T71/1609 correspondence.
[Shortly after emancipation]·no full countPublished testimony in Antigua and the Antiguans
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ProvesConfirms at least one named formerly enslaved woman from McKinnon's Estate.
NamesJuncho, her daughter, "many" grandchildren, and at least one unnamed child she described from slavery.
TodoCross-match Juncho in the 1817 to 1832 registers.
[1700s to later ownership]·no cumulative countOpen historical summary, Antigua Sugar Mills
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ProvesConfirms estate history, St John parish, and that published public summaries admit little is known about the enslaved people.
NamesNo additional enslaved names given.
TodoUse estate deeds, wills, probate, mortgages, and inventories before 1817.
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> 8 evidence block(s) catalogued. 8 outstanding research action(s).

C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON\RECORDS> cd ..

> Return to the compensation database — the named beneficiaries who were paid when slavery was abolished.

C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON\RECORDS>
Ready
Known: 4
Evidence: 8
Named: 2
Todo: 8

Compiled by Angus Mackinnon · Dr. Martin Mackinnon · Emma-Jane Mackinnon-Lee