19th Oct 1835 | 39 Enslaved | £900 4s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 75.
See also Trelawny claim nos. 25 and 27.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawny
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Claim No.
26
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Estate
Arcadia Estate
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Collected by
Hankey, Thomas
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Uncontested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Trelawny 26 (Arcadia Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16100 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
