2nd Nov 1835 | 115 Enslaved | £2010 13s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 23.
T71/860: claim from William Murray, as owner-in-fee.
See also Manchester claim no. 111.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 73: shows that William Murray, a creole, lived in St James 1815 (when he was assoicated with considerable property, through his wife, in Clarendon and Vere).
Returnee?
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
112
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Estate
Hope and Bull Dead
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Collected by
Murray, Wm
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Manchester 112 (Hope and Bull Dead)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16375 [accessed 26th December 2024].
