2nd Aug 1839 | 170 Enslaved | £2885 6s 0d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/868: claim by Geo. Atkinson, as receiver.
T71/157 p. 7: enslaved persons registered by Geo. Atkinson in 1826.
T71/1201: counterclaim from Francis Grundy, of Liverpool, a merchant, as devisee in trust under the will of Olive Wright, of Liverpool, dated 08/05/1820, by his attorney Geo. Atkinson.
Jamaica Almanacs: Whydah owned by Francis Grundy (1824 and 1831) and the heirs of William Wright (1833).
Kathleen Mary Butler, The economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) pp. 17-8.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
238
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Estate
Whydah
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Trustee)
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Awardee (Receiver)
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 Portland 238 (Whydah)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16695 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
