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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
══[ KNOWN.TXT ]══ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
> 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.
# Period Count Source
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01 1817 293 enslaved Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
02 1821 277 enslaved Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
03 1824 278 enslaved Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
04 1828 271 enslaved Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
05 1832 276 enslaved Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
06 1836 276 enslaved Compensation claim, Antigua claim number 35
07 Shortly after emancipation no full count Published testimony in Antigua and the Antiguans
08 1700s to later ownership no cumulative count Open historical summary, Antigua Sugar Mills
C:\REGISTRY\MACKINNON> type EVIDENCE.LOG /verbose
▸ [1817] · 293 enslaved — Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
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Proves This is the strongest current lower bound for the enslaved population in the register era.
Names Names should exist in the register pages, but they are not transcribed in the open UCL page.
Todo Manually transcribe T71/245, pages 566 to 572.
▸ [1821] · 277 enslaved — Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
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Proves Later snapshot, not cumulative.
Names Names should exist in register images.
Todo Manually transcribe T71/246, pages 329 to 338.
▸ [1824] · 278 enslaved — Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
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Proves Later snapshot, not cumulative.
Names Names should exist in register images.
Todo Manually transcribe T71/248, pages 744 to 749.
▸ [1828] · 271 enslaved — Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
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Proves Later snapshot. This may be the "at most 271" figure repeated elsewhere, but it is not the total.
Names Names should exist in register images.
Todo Manually transcribe T71/249, pages 482 to 487.
▸ [1832] · 276 enslaved — Mackinnon's Estate, slave register
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Proves Final register-era snapshot before abolition compensation.
Names Names should exist in register images.
Todo Manually transcribe T71/250, pages 441 to 446.
▸ [1836] · 276 enslaved — Compensation claim, Antigua claim number 35
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Proves This is the compensation count, not the whole historical population.
Names UCL lists claimants and awardees, not the enslaved people's names on this page.
Todo Check the original T71/877 claim file and T71/1609 correspondence.
▸ [Shortly after emancipation] · no full count — Published testimony in Antigua and the Antiguans
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Proves Confirms at least one named formerly enslaved woman from McKinnon's Estate.
Names Juncho, her daughter, "many" grandchildren, and at least one unnamed child she described from slavery.
Todo Cross-match Juncho in the 1817 to 1832 registers.
▸ [1700s to later ownership] · no cumulative count — Open historical summary, Antigua Sugar Mills
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Proves Confirms estate history, St John parish, and that published public summaries admit little is known about the enslaved people.
Names No additional enslaved names given.
Todo Use 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>