14th Dec 1835 | 195 Enslaved | £4251 17s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 15.
T71/857: claim by Samuel Betton, Philadelphia.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 208 (& xliv): general complaint that apprentices 'not only daily defrauded of their time, but were frequently mulcted of their Saturdays. The whole of the people on the Windsor estate, had been fined three Saturdays, for not turning out early in the morning, which, they said, was a false accusation.' No ownership information.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
390
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Estate
Windsor and Winefield
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Collected by
Dickin, Geo.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 390 (Windsor and Winefield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14159 [accessed 26th November 2024].
