16th Nov 1835 | 178 Enslaved | £3526 3s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 71.
T71/873: claim from George Gordon, of St James, as owner-in-fee.
R.A. Barrett, The Barretts of Jamaica: The Family of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Athlone, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000) p. 87: shows George Gordon, of Moor Park, as attorney for Blue Hole estate and President of Courts Martial at Montego Bay. Ibid. p. 84: Moor Park estate was attacked and houses burnt in the Montego Bay insurrection.
Jamaica Almanac (1828): Moor Park estate registered to George Gordon, with 191 enslaved persons.
T71/1608: letter, dated 25/11/1835, from Robert Kite, stating: 'having to invest part of the amt awarded on the claim 181'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
181
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Estate
Moor Park
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Collected by
Kite, Robert
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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 James 181 (Moor Park)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15100 [accessed 21st November 2024].
