Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Is this how Edward Gray of Harringay House made his fortune?
A few days ago, quite by chance, I came across a project being conducted by University College London and was somewhat taken aback to find the following entry in the database
UCL Legacies of British Slave-ownership
I did a bit more research and discovered a number of references to Gray, Whitworth and Gilbee and their connection to the slave trade.
Manuscript Sources for the History of the West Indies 1776
A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica
Register of British and Foreign Shipping
And also entries in the Slave Registries from 1817 until about 1832
The partnership was dissolved in 1829 but Gray still continued his involvement until he was compensated in 1835.
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Burrow Atherton on
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At least it wouldn't be handwritten these days! One of the biggest problems if you transcribe from the actual will (or contract or other legal doc) from that sort of time is that paper was still valuable enough (note the emphasis on Gray's books in his will) that they would try to use every last bit of it, so you'd get your folio of legalese and then if you wanted to add a codicil or you only had a little bit left to write that wouldn't fit on but you didn't want to start another sheet, you'd write it up the side, in teeny tiny writing - at least this one was a copy on sensible (government-owned) paper!
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Permalink Reply by Yvonne Field on
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http://www.haringey.gov.uk/sylvia_collicott_speech_in_haringey.pdf
Thought I would post this link for a PDF which was sent to me recently. It is from a presentation in 2007 and charts the slavery connections with North London. Makes interesting and somewhat uncomfortable reading. No mention of Edward Gray however, but a potentially interesting starting point for some new dialogue into our local history.
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