30th Jan 1836 | 153 Enslaved | £2740 13s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 285.
T71/857: awarded to Lord Seaford and Charles Parker Ellis, England, owners-in-fee.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 184: Joseph Gordon was the attorney; 'the free children receive the same attention as during slavery'; 'Complaints are rarely brought before the magistrate'; the hospital is 'a good building but very dirty'; p. 185 'an attempt has been made to establish a school, but without success.'
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
542
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Estate
Ellis Caymanas
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Catherine 542 (Ellis Caymanas)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20462 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
