No Date | 121 Enslaved | £2478 13s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 294.
T71/915 p. 14: claim originally filed by Sarah Brooks, of Manchester, as executrix of George Brooks.
T71/915 p. 26: claim appears again, with Charlotte Augusta Brooks, Roberta Wilmina and Henrietta Morgan; with Sarah Brooks, 'for dower, as widow of George Brooks'; and twice with George Brooks, as receiver and as heir at law of George Brooks.
T71/860: shows George Brooks claiming as heir at law of George Brooks. Counterclaim from Elizabeth Brooks (shown as an absentee on Manchester claim no. 82), for arrears of two annuities, one of £300 per annum under a deed of settlement dated 1783, and another for £200 per annum under a deed of 1793.
T71/73 p. 32: enslaved persons registered by Sarah Brooks (Mrs George Brooks) for the estate of Geo. Brooks in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
81
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Estate
Blenheim
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Executor or executrix)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Annuitant)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Heir-at-law)
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 Manchester 81 (Blenheim)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24720 [accessed 31st December 2024].
