2nd Nov 1835 | 142 Enslaved | £2589 19s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 43.
T71/865: claim from James Beckford Wildman, of St Andrew, as owner-in-fee.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 278: 'We rode over this morning (from Kingston) to Papine, the estate of J.B. Wildman, and saw the school in which there were about thirty children, many being absent in consequnece of it being Easter week. Their proficiency was not remarkable, but the greater number were at its commencement, about a year ago, ignorant of their letters'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
115
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Estate
Papine
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Collected by
Wildman, James B.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 Andrew 115 (Papine)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16530 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
