1st Dec 1835 | 182 Enslaved | £3236 10s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 56.
T71/870: claim by James Daly, as attorney to John Langlands. No explanation for award to William Mitchell Kerr.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) pp. 66-7: reference to William Mitchell Kerr as an attorney.
See also St Elizabeth claim no. 748: John Langlands appears to have died c. 1829.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
186
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Estate
Roseberry Plantation
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Collected by
Kerr, Wm Mitchell
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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 Elizabeth 186 (Roseberry Plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11724 [accessed 26th December 2024].
