19th Oct 1835 | 438 Enslaved | £7262 16s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 66.
T71/915 p. 89: claim from Robert Hibbert, of England, as owner-in-fee. The awardees were trustees and executors.
T71/198 p. 316: enslaved persons registered in 1832 by Hibbert Oates, as attorney.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. lii: no ownership information is given, but the authors provide a critique of the plantation. Reference to an incident of jackets sent out: 'The people said they were glad they had a massa in England to send them this present, but the overeer said it was not for them, but to be sent to Lucea and sold'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
80
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Estate
Great Valley Sugar Estate
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Collected by
Hibbert, JN & JHMarkland
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Uncontested
Yes
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Deceased claimant successful (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Hanover 80 (Great Valley Sugar Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16013 [accessed 21st November 2024].
