27th Feb 1836 | 69 Enslaved | £1262 15s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 311.
T71/1609: letter, dated 21/11/1835, from Benjamin Greene, Bury St Edmunds, stating that the counterclaim is for nine enslaved persons, and asking: can't we put the money for those to one side until I can establish 'a most triumphant answer' to the counterclaim?
|
Colony
St Kitts
|
|
Claim No.
561
|
|
Estate
Turtle(?) Island, St Thomas
|
|
Contested
Yes
|
|
Awardee
|
1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2025
CITING THIS RECORD:
'St Kitts 561 (Turtle(?) Island, St Thomas)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/25834 [accessed 22nd January 2025].
