10th May 1839 | 190 Enslaved | £3319 1s 6d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/868: claim from R. Heming, as receiver.
Jamaica Almanac (1826 & 1833): Castle Comfort estate registered to Bryan West Orr (resident in the 1820s).
T71/1201: counterclaims from e.g. James Simpson, of Springfield Lodge.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
2
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Estate
Castle Comfort Estate
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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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:
'Jamaica Portland 2 (Castle Comfort Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12278 [accessed 20th April 2024].
