28th Mar 1836 | 48 Enslaved | £964 6s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 287.
T71/855: awarded to Frances Powell Rainford, owner-in-fee.
T71/32 p. 275: Frances Powell Rainford registered enslaved persons in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-Vale
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Claim No.
204
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Estate
Cassava River
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Thomas-in-the-Vale 204 (Cassava River)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20389 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
