14th Mar 1836 | 36 Enslaved | £646 18s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 5.
T71/857: claim from John Stainsby, of Hanover, as owner in right of his wife.
T71/18: Rev. John Stainsby registered 25 enslaved persons in 1832, in right of his wife.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 236: the authors describe Stainsby as being considered as 'worse than a Baptist' in Jamaica.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
96
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Estate
Somerset Hall
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Collected by
Smith, S(?) of S(?)Smith and JGSmith
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 Dorothy 96 (Somerset Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14414 [accessed 12th October 2024].
