14th Mar 1836 | 34 Enslaved | £811 14s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 174.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 103: shows that Susanna Charlotte Duke sold the Cane Wood estate to John G. Grant in 1833 for £5,000; John G. Grant agreed to clear all debts. The appraised value was £3,887.
T71/1593 p. 120: letter, dated 24/02/1836, to John Grant Esq., 27 Great Russell St., Bedford Square, referring to the status of Barbados claim nos. 258, 533, 4071, 4566 and 5191.
T71/553 p. 286: John G. Grant registered 34 enslaved persons in 1834. They were purchased from S.C. Duke, the executrix of Wm. Moore (deceased).
Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
472
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Estate
Cane Wood
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Collected by
Grant, JG[lasgow]
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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