1st Feb 1836 | 24 Enslaved | £560 9s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 16.
Award split: £280 4s 9d to each of the Turners together and to Louisa Brodie.
T71/857: claim by Emelia Drummond Campbell, St Ann, guardian of the Brodies.
T71/959 sworn affidavit dated 28/10/1836 from Elizabeth Brodie, now of York Street, Portman Square, London, formerly of St Ann's Jamaica: her brother Oswald Brodie died circa 1818 leaving two minor daughters Elizabeth (now Elizabeth Turner) and Louisa Brodie, of age on 11/12/1836. Elizabeth Turner was separately examined by James Lewis on 28/10/1836.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): shows estate of William W[hitehorne] Lawrence (q.v.) as owner of Lawrence Park.
See also St Ann claim no. 789 for Lawrence Park.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
560A & B
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Estate
Lawrence Park
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Collected by
Turner, JD & E for 560A; Louisa Brodie 560B
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Other association
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Jamaica St Ann 560A & B (Lawrence Park)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11339 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
