16th May 1836 | 129 Enslaved | £2846 17s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 199.
T71/899: counterclaim from W. Hinds, as creditor.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 47: William Bovell (as the major creditor of Arthur Rollock) bought the Chance Hall estate from Chancery for £10,168 in 1833.
T71/564 p. 25: enslaved persons were registered by William Bovell in 1834, 'purchased in Chancery'.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4772
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Estate
Chance Hall
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Collected by
Bovell, Wm
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1805 - ????
Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.
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 4772 (Chance Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2552 [accessed 14th November 2024].
