8th Feb 1836 | 232 Enslaved | £4203 0s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 73.
T71/873: claim from James Galloway, of England, as owner-in-fee.
Jamaica Almanac (1828): Unity Hall estate registered to James Galloway, with 245 enslaved persons.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Unity Hall estate registered to James Galloway.
B.W. Higman Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 159: in receivership 1843; Isaac Jackson was receiver.
T71/222: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by James Galloway.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
558
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Estate
Unity Hall Estate
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Collected by
Galloway, James ktm HShedden
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 James 558 (Unity Hall Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24036 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
