22nd Feb 1836 | 246 Enslaved | £4668 16s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 77.
T71/874: claim by Edward Gregory Morant Gale, of England, as tenant for life. Awarded to Dawkins under the will of [William] Gale, dated 30/10/1784.
T71/241: no entry for Dawkins in the 1832 Slave Register.
J.R. Ward, 'The Profitability of Sugar Planting in the British West Indies, 1650-1834', Economic History Review, 31 (2) (May, 1978) p. 212: York estate earned £2563 p. a. or 5.3%, 1785-91. Sourced to Exeter University (Devon), Gale-Morant papers; Gale-Morant papers 1731-1925 at University of Exeter (ALEXANDER M-FILM 2793); 'The Gale-Morant papers 1731-1925' Microform Academic Publishers, Wakefield (1977).
Edward Gregory Morant Gale (1772-1854) was the heir of William Gale (who died in 1784). Trustees 1784-95 were Long, Drake and Long. Richard Dawkins was the son-in-law and partner of Beeston Long.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Trelawny
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Claim No.
411
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Estate
York
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Awardee
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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 Trelawny 411 (York)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18121 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
