Legacies of British Slave-ownership (General)

by MPGriffiths , Saturday, July 25, 2015, 11:52 (3410 days ago) @ RogerrGriffiths

The Researchers were surprised how many Reverends where involved in Slavery

From Fod Records

Henry BARNES married Louisa MacKinnen at Monmouth 26 September 1782 by Licence
witnesses: William MACKINNEN (x2)

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Rev Henry BARNES (276 enslaved in Antiqua) - unsuccessful claim

The Revd Henry BARNES of Monmouth (S. Wales) at present in St Servan, France, counterclaimed by the compensation for the enslaved people on Mackinnon's estate in Antiqua as executor of Louisa BARNES (q.v.) daughter and legatee of Wm McKinnon for £2,500 with interest,

23 July 1837 - St Servan, aged 53, The Rev Henry BARNES, Minister of the English Episcopal Chapel of that place, late of Gen-aw-Rhiw House Herefordshire and Rockfield, vicar of Monmouth and Rockfield, and many years a magistrate and deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hereford and Magistrate of the County of Monmouth. The was presented to Rockfield in 1822 by R J Harding and to Monmouth in 1822 by the Duke of Beaufort.

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Obituary also in Gentleman's Magazine.