18th Apr 1836 | 51 Enslaved | £1046 1s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 286.
The award was split: £523 0s 8d went to Long, 18/04/1836; £174 6s 11d went to Yates, 10/10/1836; £348 13s 9d went to the Olivers, 10/10/1836.
T71/853: claim from Henry Lawes Long, by James Miller and James Wright Turner (his attorneys), as owner-in-fee of one moiety. The Commissioners split the other moiety: two-thirds went to the Olivers (as owner-in-fee); one-third went to Joseph Brooke Yates (who claimed through his attorney Wm. Anderson as mortgagee for £18249 5s 4d).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
1
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Estate
Longville Park
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 Dorothy 1 (Longville Park)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15843 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
