29th Feb 1836 | 39 Enslaved | £853 12s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 17.
T71/857: claim by John McIver, North Britain, owner-in-fee.
This estate is shown (as St Jean d'Acre) for Patrick Smith in the Jamaica Almanac (1818), for the estate of Patrick Smith in the Jamaica Almanacs (1823 and 1824), then (as St Acre, the only plausible match) for John L. Reid for the Jamaica Almanacs (1829 and 1833).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
703
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Estate
St Jean d'Acre
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Collected by
Dobie, A.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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 Ann 703 (St Jean d'Acre)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21001 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
