21st Dec 1835 | 31 Enslaved | £597 2s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 63.
T71/871: claim from D. & W. Finlayson, of Westmoreland, as joint owner-in-fee.
T71/189 p. 182: D. & W. Finlayson registered 7 enslaved persons in 1832 (D. Finlayson signed).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
344
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Estate
Savanna La Mar
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Collected by
Seton, Alex. of Colvile & Seton
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Westmoreland 344 (Savanna La Mar)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/17926 [accessed 29th December 2024].
