15th Feb 1836 | 31 Enslaved | £743 9s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 4.
T71/852: awarded to Samuel Pereira Mendes, owner.
T71/12 p. 97: Mendes registered 16 enslaved persons in right of his wife in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
620
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Estate
Mount Pleasant
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Collected by
Lucas, Louis of Nicholls, Lucas & Lucas
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 Catherine 620 (Mount Pleasant)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14692 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
