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.Curtis Philip Berry. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 11 January 2019. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.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.
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.The Christian Observer, 1830, p. 227.
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