Nevis 114

15^th Feb 1836 | 1 Enslaved | £24 14s 7d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 107.

Colony

Nevis

Claim No.

114

Uncontested

Yes

1789 - 14^th Mar 1860

Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.

One of over 300 drawings of landscapes and enslaved people in Jamaica by William Berryman, 1808-1815.

CITING THIS RECORD:
'Nevis 114', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/25107 [accessed 15th January 2021].