20th Feb 1837 | 46 Enslaved | £903 1s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 300.
T71/915 p. 180: claim from John Steel, of Portland, as owner subject to mortgage to Samuel Foulds.
T71/157 p. 221: John Steel registered 77 enslaved persons in 1832.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Spring Bank estate registered to John Steel; Park Mount estate registered to George Fuller.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Spring Bank estate and Park Mount estate registered to John Steel.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
17
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Estate
Park Mount
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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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 Portland 17 (Park Mount)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16724 [accessed 26th December 2024].
