16th Oct 1837 | 126 Enslaved | £2623 11s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 327.
T71/899: counterclaims from the Daniels.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 87: the Court of Chancery sold the Prior Park estate in 1832; Eyare King was a major creditor. Ibid. p.48: the estate was sold again in 1842 to Henry Grannum for £15,000.
T71/562 p. 38: enslaved persons were registered on the Prior Park estate in 1834 by Charles Davis.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4464
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Estate
Prior Park
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Contested
Yes
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Other association
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Other association
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Unsuccessful claimant
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Barbados 4464 (Prior Park)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2167 [accessed 25th November 2024].
