23rd Nov 1835 | 10 Enslaved | £172 10s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 7.
T71/1593 p. 65: letter, dated 16/01/1836, to W.W. Hornsby, Mayborough, Queens County Ireland, responding to notify him of the award.
T71/1606: letter, dated 09/12/1834, stating that the power of attorney sent to Jamaica had not been proved before a Magistrate and that the slaves had not been registered in 1832 (although they were registered by W.W. Hornsby before quitting the country in 1829).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St John
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Claim No.
271
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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 St John 271', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18533 [accessed 20th April 2024].
