12th Mar 1836 | 101 Enslaved | £2682 5s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 113.
Award split: £894 1s 9d to each (10d for 487C).
T71/1042: Letter from A. Gordon, Old Broad Street, London, 10/03/1836. The award for this claim was made for the claimant Honore-Marie Gaillard Laubenque but before payment could be collected he died intestate and the National Debt Office will not allow the compensation to be collected on his behalf. Asking therefore for the award to be amended to his three children. James Cavan Esquire "together with another gentleman" acts under power of attorney for the three children.
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Colony
St Lucia
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Claim No.
487A-C
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Estate
Malgre Tout
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Collected by
Cavan, James (A-C)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'St Lucia 487A-C (Malgre Tout)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/26295 [accessed 26th December 2024].
