111:, during British colonial rule where records indicate she was a mulatto. She was purchased by Robert Collymore in 1780, from Rebecca Phillips, a free coloured hotelier, along with her five mulatto children, four of whom were Robert's children. In 1784, Robert arranged their manumission by selling her and the children to a friend, James Scuffield. Selling a slave to a trusted third-party to avoid high manumission fees was a common practice during the period in Barbados.
134:. Collymore's will, dated 1826 (or 1829 but which was probably the date the estate was probated), left her estate, worth over £10,000 to relatives. She devised a home in Bridgetown and a plantation known as Haggat Hall, and 67 slaves, as well as silver and personal property. At the time of her death she was "the richest free woman of color in pre-emancipation Barbados".
122:, on Canary Street, High Street and James Street, which she rented out. She also ran a successful shop. By 1805, Collymore owned another property, on Roebuck Street, which she sold for £800. She and her daughter, Katherine Anne Collymore, were the recipients of a bequest from Renn Phillips in his 1809 will.
129:
and the slaves working on the plantation. Among her children, besides
Katherine were Frances Lasley, Margaret Jane, and Robert (baptized 18 February 1792), Thomazin Ashby (baptized 6 June 1795), Elizabeth Clarke (baptized 13 June 1798), Samuel Francis Collymore, Jackson Brown Collymore and Renn
98:
slave who gained her freedom from her relationship with a white man. The couple had eleven children and she successfully ran a plantation allowing her to acquire numerous other properties, to become the wealthiest free black woman in the colony at the time of her death.
191:
If her tombstone is correct that she was 78 years old at her death, she may have been born in 1750; however, as the date of 1745 is given by Dr. Karl Watson, the president of the
Barbados National Trust, that date was
610:
118:, a 42-acre sugar plantation with its 44 slaves, to provide for her and the children. Collymore expanded the estate to over a hundred acres and was able to buy seven properties throughout
618:
694:
714:
709:
460:"Book Review: Edward Baugh. Frank Collymore: A Biography. Kingston and Miami: Ian Randle Publishers. 302 pp. ISBN 978-976-637-391-7 (hbk)"
724:
719:
566:
459:
646:
582:
362:
689:
523:
498:
444:
146:. The house that Collymore and her children occupied is now the Morningside Building, and houses the Arts Department of the
544:
534:
704:
490:
172:
729:
614:
436:
147:
699:
162:
515:
509:
679:
594:
467:
555:
684:
554:
Watson, Karl (2014). "Vignettes of Eight
Interesting Barbadians". In Bryan, Janelle (ed.).
8:
633:
368:
42:
650:
586:
540:
519:
494:
440:
167:
125:
In 1824, when Robert died, he bequeathed she and her eleven children, full title to
511:
The
Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition
142:
Collymore died on 16 December 1828 and was buried in the St. Mary's
Churchyard in
634:
484:
131:
95:
349:
347:
673:
654:
590:
463:
450:
344:
431:
Enterprising Women: Gender, Race, and Power in the
Revolutionary Atlantic
143:
119:
560:. St. Thomas, Barbados: Miller Publishing Company. pp. 244–253.
486:
130:
Phillips
Collymore, who would become the great-great grandfather of
108:
429:
158:
Other former enslaved women who became slave-owners in
Barbados:
334:
332:
639:
The
Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
539:. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
406:
404:
370:
The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
329:
317:
210:
107:
Amaryllis Renn Phillips was born into slavery in 1745 on
242:
240:
16:
Afro-Barbadian slave, plantation owner and businesswoman
269:
267:
265:
263:
261:
259:
257:
255:
401:
389:
377:
284:
282:
237:
252:
227:
225:
307:
305:
303:
301:
299:
297:
279:
428:
611:"Heather-Lynn's Habitat: Grave links to the past"
222:
671:
294:
557:Ins & Outs of Barbados – The People Edition
426:
338:
323:
609:
353:
571:Free Coloured Women in Barbados 1780–1834"
647:Barbados Museum & Historical Society
583:Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
532:
482:
427:Candlin, Kit; Pybus, Cassandra (2015).
410:
395:
383:
246:
69:Amarillis Collymore, Amarillis Colymore
672:
553:
457:
273:
231:
216:
695:Planters from the British West Indies
564:
507:
311:
288:
536:Barbados Records: Baptisms 1637-1800
715:19th-century British businesspeople
710:18th-century British businesspeople
533:Sanders, Joanne Mcree, ed. (1984).
137:
13:
725:19th-century British businesswomen
720:18th-century British businesswomen
77:plantation owner and businesswoman
14:
741:
617:. 8 January 2015. Archived from
458:Gafoor, Ameena (20 March 2010).
419:
581:(1–4). Hato Rey, Puerto Rico:
185:
1:
575:Revista/Review Interamericana
491:University of the West Indies
199:
173:Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur)
690:African diaspora in Barbados
569:Unhappy and Afflicted Women?
204:
53:1828 (aged 82–83)
7:
565:Welch, Pedro L. V. (1999).
483:Handler, Jerome S. (2009).
437:University of Georgia Press
153:
10:
746:
148:Barbados Community College
645:. St. Michael, Barbados:
613:. St. Michael, Barbados:
508:Paugh, Katherine (2017).
81:
73:
65:
57:
49:
30:
23:
339:Candlin & Pybus 2015
324:Candlin & Pybus 2015
178:
163:Rachael Pringle Polgreen
516:Oxford University Press
102:
35:Amaryllis Renn Phillips
705:Barbadian slave owners
462:. Georgetown, Guyana:
94:(c. 1745–1828) was an
489:. Kingston, Jamaica:
219:, pp. 244, 249.
621:on 29 November 2017
597:on 10 November 2014
514:. Oxford, England:
435:. Athens, Georgia:
92:Amaryllis Collymore
43:British West Indies
25:Amaryllis Collymore
730:Women slave owners
525:978-0-19-250699-3
500:978-976-640-218-1
470:on 10 August 2016
446:978-0-8203-4779-0
168:Susannah Ostrehan
89:
88:
82:Years active
737:
700:Barbadian slaves
665:
663:
661:
630:
628:
626:
606:
604:
602:
593:. Archived from
561:
550:
529:
504:
479:
477:
475:
466:. Archived from
454:
434:
414:
408:
399:
393:
387:
381:
375:
374:, p. 54-55.
366:
360:
351:
342:
336:
327:
321:
315:
309:
292:
286:
277:
271:
250:
244:
235:
229:
220:
214:
193:
189:
138:Death and legacy
114:Robert acquired
66:Other names
21:
20:
745:
744:
740:
739:
738:
736:
735:
734:
670:
669:
668:
659:
657:
649:: 53–55. 2000.
624:
622:
600:
598:
547:
526:
501:
473:
471:
447:
422:
417:
409:
402:
394:
390:
382:
378:
367:
363:
352:
345:
337:
330:
322:
318:
310:
295:
287:
280:
272:
253:
245:
238:
230:
223:
215:
211:
207:
202:
197:
196:
190:
186:
181:
156:
140:
132:Frank Collymore
105:
45:
39:
37:
36:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
743:
733:
732:
727:
722:
717:
712:
707:
702:
697:
692:
687:
682:
667:
666:
631:
607:
562:
551:
545:
530:
524:
505:
499:
480:
455:
445:
423:
421:
418:
416:
415:
413:, p. 121.
400:
398:, p. 228.
388:
386:, p. 217.
376:
361:
343:
328:
316:
293:
291:, p. 271.
278:
276:, p. 249.
251:
249:, p. 240.
236:
221:
208:
206:
203:
201:
198:
195:
194:
183:
182:
180:
177:
176:
175:
170:
165:
155:
152:
139:
136:
104:
101:
96:Afro-Barbadian
87:
86:
83:
79:
78:
75:
71:
70:
67:
63:
62:
59:
55:
54:
51:
47:
46:
40:
34:
32:
28:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
742:
731:
728:
726:
723:
721:
718:
716:
713:
711:
708:
706:
703:
701:
698:
696:
693:
691:
688:
686:
683:
681:
678:
677:
675:
656:
652:
648:
644:
640:
636:
635:"Progenitors"
632:
620:
616:
612:
608:
596:
592:
588:
585:Press: 9–12.
584:
580:
576:
572:
570:
563:
559:
558:
552:
548:
546:0-8063-1090-1
542:
538:
537:
531:
527:
521:
517:
513:
512:
506:
502:
496:
492:
488:
487:
481:
469:
465:
464:Kaieteur News
461:
456:
452:
448:
442:
438:
433:
432:
425:
424:
412:
407:
405:
397:
392:
385:
380:
373:
371:
365:
358:
356:
350:
348:
341:, p. 39.
340:
335:
333:
326:, p. 43.
325:
320:
313:
308:
306:
304:
302:
300:
298:
290:
285:
283:
275:
270:
268:
266:
264:
262:
260:
258:
256:
248:
243:
241:
233:
228:
226:
218:
213:
209:
188:
184:
174:
171:
169:
166:
164:
161:
160:
159:
151:
149:
145:
135:
133:
128:
123:
121:
117:
112:
110:
100:
97:
93:
84:
80:
76:
74:Occupation(s)
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
33:
29:
22:
19:
680:1740s births
658:. Retrieved
642:
638:
623:. Retrieved
619:the original
599:. Retrieved
595:the original
578:
574:
568:
556:
535:
510:
485:
472:. Retrieved
468:the original
451:Project MUSE
449:– via
430:
420:Bibliography
411:Handler 2009
396:Sanders 1984
391:
384:Sanders 1984
379:
369:
364:
354:
319:
247:Sanders 1984
212:
187:
157:
141:
126:
124:
115:
113:
106:
91:
90:
18:
685:1828 deaths
660:29 November
625:29 November
615:Nation News
601:29 November
474:29 November
355:Nation News
274:Watson 2014
232:Gafoor 2010
217:Watson 2014
58:Nationality
674:Categories
312:Welch 1999
289:Paugh 2017
200:References
144:Bridgetown
127:Lightfoots
120:Bridgetown
116:Lightfoots
41:Barbados,
655:0005-5891
591:0196-1373
205:Citations
85:1784–1829
154:See also
109:Barbados
493:Press.
61:British
38:c. 1745
653:
589:
543:
522:
497:
443:
192:used.
179:Notes
662:2017
651:ISSN
627:2017
603:2017
587:ISSN
541:ISBN
520:ISBN
495:ISBN
476:2017
441:ISBN
372:2000
357:2015
103:Life
50:Died
31:Born
676::
643:46
641:.
637:.
579:29
577:.
573:.
518:.
439:.
403:^
346:^
331:^
296:^
281:^
254:^
239:^
224:^
150:.
664:.
629:.
605:.
567:"
549:.
528:.
503:.
478:.
453:.
359:.
314:.
234:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.