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Tag Archives: jamaica
Slave owning in the family tree
Some years ago I discovered that a 6xg-uncle lived in Jamaica. Thomas Usher (1774-1834) was one of a large family from Melrose, Roxburghshire. As a younger son he had to make his own way, and I’d known that he settled … Continue reading
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Tagged bermuda, jamaica, scotland, slave owners, slave records, slavery, somner, usher
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