11th Jan 1836 | 26 Enslaved | £662 3s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 25.
T71/860: claim from James Stevenson, as executor of John Geddes.
T71/73 p. 166: enslaved persons registered in 1832.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Elgin estate registered to the estate of John Geddes.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Elgin estate registered to John Geddes.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
440
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Estate
Elgin
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Collected by
Green, EF
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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:
'Jamaica Manchester 440 (Elgin)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12432 [accessed 26th November 2024].
