4th Apr 1836 | 161 Enslaved | £2301 15s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 309.
T71/877: claim from Mary Russell, owner-in-fee, by her attorney. Counterclaim from George Fraser, of the New City Chambers, mortgagee under a deed dated 18/03/1834, for £4000 (withdrawn).
T71/1609: letter, dated 5/10/1835, from Mr Forster, New City Chambers, asking if Mr Fraser's claim as mortgagee of the Mill Hill Estate in Antigua belonging to Mrs Russell is yet in course of payment.
T71/250: John Grant is listed as the attorney of Mrs Mary Russell in the 1832 Registration.
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Colony
Antigua
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Claim No.
281
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Estate
Mill Hill
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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Other association
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Antigua 281 (Mill Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/1008 [accessed 20th April 2024].
