24th Apr 1837 | 144 Enslaved | £2683 18s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 292.
Award split: £2369 5s 6d to McLean; £93 7s 4d to Townshend; £221 7s 10d to the Brodbelts.
T71/859: claim by George Harrison Townshend. Counterclaim from James Alured McLean as mortgagee and then as assignee of the compensation. Claimant was George Harrison Townshend, registered by him 1832 p. 444 T71/64 p. 444: enslaved persons registered by George Harrison Townshend in 1832.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): George Harrison Townshend, owner of Main Savanna.
T71/1187: identifies James Alured McLean as of Bordeaux in the kingdom of France; Brodbelts as Great Britain. James Alured McLean claimed under a mortgage indenture entered into in 1818 by Donald MClean, formerly of Vere, and executor of John Mclean.
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Jamaica
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Clarendon
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Claim No.
414 (part)
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Estate
Main Savanna
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 Clarendon 414 (part) (Main Savanna)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19079 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
