16th May 1836 | 70 Enslaved | £1605 19s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 197.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 102: shows Sarah Haggat Straghan not signed as resident.
T71/1593: letter, dated 28/01/1836, to W. Lloyd Caldecott, 6 Laura Place, Bath (Somerset), referring to the process on this claim, and responding to W. Lloyd Caldecott's letter of 27/01/1836 (T71/1611) identifying this as Mrs Sarah Haggat Straghan's claim. T71/560 p. 34: enslaved persons were registered by Edward Thomas, attorney to Sarah Haggat Straghan.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4551
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Estate
Mount All
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Collected by
Daniel, J atty
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Awardee
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 4551 (Mount All)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2361 [accessed 21st November 2024].
