22nd May 1837 | 85 Enslaved | £1798 3s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 306.
Mary Woodcock versus James G. Clark and others; and Edward Chard versus James Graham Clark and others.
T71/873: claim from J. G. Clarke, of Newcastle on Tyne (Northumberland).
John Charlton, Hidden Chains. The Slavery Business and North East England 1600-1865 (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2008 p. 141: shows Mary Woodcock as the daughter of Joseph Graham, who died intestate c. 1807. Jacob Graham, his uncle, removed enslaved persons to his Lapland estate.
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Jamaica
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St James
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Claim No.
10
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Estate
Lapland
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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 James 10 (Lapland)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/17879 [accessed 21st November 2024].
