16th Nov 1835 | 314 Enslaved | £8736 8s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 99.
T71/880: claim from Thomson Hankey, as owner-in-fee.
J.R. Ward, 'The Profitability of Sugar Planting in the British West Indies, 1650-1834', Economic History Review, 31 (2) (May, 1978), pp. 197-213: states that the Grand Bras estate earned 4.6%, 1802-8 and 1811-13, earning £2107 per annum on 360 enslaved persons (versus £5-8,000 per annum, 15-19%, 1783-95, on 395/430 enslaved persons). Sourced to GLRO (Middlesex Records), Cooper-Franks papers.
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Colony
Grenada
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Claim No.
769
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Estate
Grand Bras Estate
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Collected by
Hankey, Thomson
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary (Tenant-for-life)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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:
'Grenada 769 (Grand Bras Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10510 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
