This is a list of fields in the Inventories listing. Only those where there is a value are displayed: for example, if someone has a known occupation that will be shown, otherwise 'Occupation' will not be displayed.
Field Description |
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Year Year of inventory |
Name Person's full name. |
Race Where someone is described as being one of a 'Free Black Woman', 'Free Mulatto', 'Free Negro', 'Free Quadroon', 'Free Samba Woman' or 'Free Sambo Man'. These are racialised catgeories but are those used in the sources. |
Occupation Occupation where known. |
Tradesman? Where a person identified as a tradesman. |
Merchant? Where a person identified as a merchant. |
Jewish? Where a person identified as Jewish. |
Colony Colony = Jamaica. Where the colony was not Jamaica the place is given under Location |
Parish Parish; if not a Jamaican parish, see Location. |
Location Place other than Jamaica. |
Total Enslaved Number of enslaved. |
Total Male Number of males. |
Total Female Number of females. |
Boys Number of boys. |
Boys Value £ Value of boys. |
Girls Number of girls. |
Girls Value £ Value of girls. |
Children Children irrespective of sex: usually very young children. |
Children £ Value of children. |
Total Boys Girls Children Total of boys + girls + children. |
TEV-Total Estate Value Total estate value in Jamaican currency |
TEV £ TEVSterling is the value in British pounds. Given by TEV/TEVExch - but there are some inconsistencies in the data which can be ignored |
TEV Exchange Rate Exchange rate of Jamaican currency: Pounds Sterling. Usually JA£1.4:£1. |
Enslaved Value Value of enslaved (Jamaican currency) |
Enslaved Value £ Value of enslaved (in sterling). Given by Enslaved Value/Enslaved Exchange Rate. |
Enslaved Exchange Rate Typically, the rate was JA£1.4:£1.0 but there are some anomalies. |
Debts Owing Amount of debt (Jamaican). Note that the figure is for money owed to the person, not the debts the person had. |
Debts Owing £ Amount of debt (Sterling). Note that the figure is for money owed to the person, not the debts the person had. |
Debts Exchange Rate Conversion rate for Debts Owing into Debts Owing £ |
Cash Amount of cash (Jamaican) |
Cash £ Amount of cash (British) |
Cash Exchange Rate Conversion rate for Cash into Cash £ |
Plate Value of plate Jamaican currency |
Plate £ Value of plate sterling |
Plate Exchange Rate Conversion rate for Plate into Plate £ |
1754 Landowners List Amount of acreage owned by people who are listed in the Jamaican List of landholders, 1754. It can be found at |
Indentured Servants Total Total number of indentured servants. |
Indentured Servants Male Number of male indentured servants |
Indentured Servants Female Number of female indentured servants |
Indentured Servants Value £ Value of indentured servants (Jamaican currency) |
Note: a detailed list of changing Jamaican currency / £ sterling exchange rates between 1675 and 1840 can be found in Markus A. Denzel, Handbook of World Exchange Rates, 1590-1914 (Oxford, Routledge, 2016), pp. 448-449.