28th Mar 1836 | 121 Enslaved | £2698 4s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 313.
326A: £1349 2s 3d went to Clarke & Beijerman, 28/03/1836, owners under the will of James Clarke, a moiety.
326B: £1349 2s 4d went to Laing & Jenkins, 24/10/1836, as trustees under the will of James Laing.
T71/881: counterclaim from E.S. Maude, withdrawn.
T71/363 p. 114: 71 enslaved persons were registered by D.S. Laidlaw in 1832, as attorney for the Clark Hall coffee estate.
T71/363 p. 113: 132 enslaved persons were registered to the Clark Hall sugar estate.
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Colony
Dominica
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Claim No.
326A & B
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Estate
Clark Hall
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 326A & B (Clark Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10059 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
