25th Mar 1836 | 74 Enslaved | £1561 10s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 313.
The award was split: £780 15s 5d went to each claimant. 214B (awarded to Thomas Bell) is dated 06/03/1837.
&81/881: claim by D.S. Laidlaw and Thomas Bell, as owners. Counterclaim from the Quin family, of Guadeloupe: 'notice by claimant Thos Bell to counterclaimants above named dated 15/10/1836 that unless they appeared before the Commissioners on the next day appointed for Dominica, the case would be heard ex parte'.
The estate (Wotton Waven) was owned by J. D. S. Laidlaw in the 1860s.
T71/363 p. 68: Dugald S. Laidlaw registered 36 enslaved persons to himself, including an enslaved person inherited from Mrs Laidlaw (formerly Miss d'Anglebermes) and another enslaved person received as a gift from his father-in-law J.P. d'Anglebermes.
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Colony
Dominica
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Claim No.
214A&B
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Estate
Wotten Waven
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Dominica 214A&B (Wotten Waven)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10013 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
