Curtis Philip Berry

Curtis Philip Berry (c. 1786 - 1837-40) was the owner of the Trinity estate in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, and a slave-owner. He was an architect by profession and also served as a magistrate. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.

It was claimed by The Christian Observer that he branded his initials C.P.B. on the shoulders and breast of one of his slaves.

References

↑ Curtis Philip Berry. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
↑ Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
↑ The Christian Observer, 1830, p. 227.

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[1] Curtis Philip Berry. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[2] Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.

[3] The Christian Observer, 1830, p. 227.