29th Feb 1836 | 33 Enslaved | £680 12s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 79.
T71/874: claim from Montague Virgo, as owner.
Sarah M.S. Pearsall in William & Mary Quarterly Vol. 60 no. 3 July 2003: mentions in 1803 Ann Tharp asked her attorney Green to collect £600 owed to her by her uncle Montagu Virgo.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawney
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Claim No.
726
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Estate
Bluefields
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Collected by
Crookes, W. of TTodd and Wm Crookes
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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 Trelawney 726 (Bluefields)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21280 [accessed 19th April 2024].
