22nd May 1837 | 208 Enslaved | £3921 14s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 287.
T71/856: Timperson and Dobinson, London, counterclaimed (versus John Ellis, owner) as mortgagees for £8207 13s plus interest. Seaford also counterclaimed. See Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) pp. 49-50 and 52-54.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
129
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Estate
Green Castle
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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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 St Mary 129 (Green Castle)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/17881 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
