16th Nov 1835 | 147 Enslaved | £2722 8s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 71.
T71/873: claim from Sir Thos. Bernard Birch, of England, as owner in fee.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838), Appendix, p. liv: attorney named as Hislop. No ownership information. Explicit reference to 'the attorney, his concubine, and..his daughter by another woman'.
Jamaica Almanacs (1811-1833): estate registered to Joseph Birch.
See also St James claim no. 549A.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
185
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Estate
Leogan Estate
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Collected by
Oliver, W. of Leblanc, Oliver, Cook
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Awardee
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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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jamaica St James 185 (Leogan Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15104 [accessed 2nd February 2025].
