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Dorothy Thomas (also known as Dolly Kirwan or Doll Thomas, 1756 – 5 August 1846) was a Caribbean entrepreneur and former slave who engaged in business in Montserrat, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, and Demerara. Having purchased her own manumission, Thomas spent nearly sixteen years securing the freedom of her children, mother, and several other relatives. Though she owned hotels one of which had a French restaurant, her primary source of income was hiring out female hucksters to whom she supplied goods to be sold to plantation workers and slaves. She also hired out her slaves as labourers, earned income from lodging houses, ran a plantation, and rented out properties which she owned. Known as one of the few black women who derived compensation from the government scheme to reimburse slave ow

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rdfs:label	Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur) (en) Dorothy Thomas (sv)
rdfs:comment	Dorothy Thomas, född Kirwan på Montserrat 1763, död 1846, var en brittisk affärsidkare. Hon var känd som 'drottningen av Demerara'. Thomas föddes som slav hos plantageägaren Andrew Kirwan på Montserrat. Hon frigavs enligt sin ägares testamente, och kunde också köpa sin egen mor fri. Som fri byggde hon upp en förmögenhet. Hon var möjligen en tid kurtisan, och fick flera barn utom äktenskapet. Hon investerade i hotell i Grenada och i Georgetown, Demerara, och blev dessutom själv slavägare, som köpte slavar för att hyra ut dem åt andra mot hög profit. Hon besökte även London på 1820-talet. Dorothy Thomas blev en ledande affärsidkare i Västindien och betraktas som ett anmärkningsvärt exempel på socialt avancemang för sin tid. (sv) Dorothy Thomas (also known as Dolly Kirwan or Doll Thomas, 1756 – 5 August 1846) was a Caribbean entrepreneur and former slave who engaged in business in Montserrat, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, and Demerara. Having purchased her own manumission, Thomas spent nearly sixteen years securing the freedom of her children, mother, and several other relatives. Though she owned hotels one of which had a French restaurant, her primary source of income was hiring out female hucksters to whom she supplied goods to be sold to plantation workers and slaves. She also hired out her slaves as labourers, earned income from lodging houses, ran a plantation, and rented out properties which she owned. Known as one of the few black women who derived compensation from the government scheme to reimburse slave ow (en)
foaf:name	Dorothy Thomas (en)
name	Dorothy Thomas (en)
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birth place	Montserrat British Leeward Islands
death place	Demerara British Guiana
death place	Demerara British Guiana
birth place	Montserrat British Leeward Islands
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