'Slave ownership and the British country house - the records of the Slave Compensation Commission as evidence' in M Dresser & A Hann (eds), Slavery and the British Country House

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Author(s) Draper, Nicholas
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2013
Pages pp1-11
Publisher English Heritage
Place Published Swindon

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Provides an overview of the Slave Compensation Commission records particularly with regard to their coverage of the country house. Sections include 'Some limitations of the Slave Compensation records'; 'National elites in the Slave Compensation records'; 'The Slave Compensation records and the country house - a case study from Antigua'; 'Methodological issues' - 'Incidental versus substantive slave ownership' / 'Rental versus ownership' / 'Buy versus build' / 'Extant versus demolished' / 'Cultural accumulation'. Appendix provides 'Co-ordinates of British country houses associated with awards of slave compensation in Antigua'