12th Dec 1836 | 11 Enslaved | £181 4s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 305.
T71/1213: replication of Sarah Brissett Lawrence (no date and no address), makes it clear that she is an absentee, referring to documents transmitted to her from Jamaica. The enslaved persons she owned were rented out to Eardley estate, which was subject to a mortgage of the counterclaimant P.J. Miles. F.B. Zinke acted as her attorney.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
476
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Estate
Eardley Sugar Estate
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary
p 305 PP. T71/1213.
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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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'Jamaica Hanover 476 (Eardley Sugar Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/13188 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
