5th Oct 1835 | 172 Enslaved | £2468 11s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 80.
T71/877: claim from Thomas Spencer Edwards, as owner-in-fee.
T71/250: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by Thomas Spencer Edwards, as attorney for John Davis Edwards and as proprietor.
Times 05/01/1869 p. 12: Comfort Hall, formerly Spencers, was sold by the Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in the matter of the estate of Thomas Henry Edwards.
T71/1027: claim by Thomas Spencer Edwards, of the parish of St Philip.
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Colony
Antigua
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Claim No.
60
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Estate
Comfort Hall
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Collected by
Shand, Wm of W&CShand
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 60 (Comfort Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/1123 [accessed 15th November 2024].
