2nd Apr 1838 | 72 Enslaved | £1466 12s 6d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/857: claim by David Brydon, St Ann, owner-in-fee.
T71/49 p. 106: David Brydon registered enslaved persons in 1832.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 202: 'We stayed several hours at the Moneague, and called upon a gentleman by the name of BRYDON, to whom we had an introductory letter. He had just sold his estate in the neighbourhood, as he was anxious to return home.' Brydon was also attorney for several properties.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
150
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Estate
Riverhead
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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 Ann 150 (Riverhead)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16635 [accessed 26th November 2024].
