23rd Dec 1835 | 21 Enslaved | £507 11s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 68.
T71/915 p. 49: claim from Frances Donaldson, of Hanover, as owner in fee.
Hanover Census (1823): shows Frances Donaldson as a mulatto, aged 30, at Mt Pleasant estate.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
362
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Estate
Mount Pleasant
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Collected by
Grant, D.
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Uncontested
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 Hanover 362 (Mount Pleasant)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18144 [accessed 29th November 2024].
