16th May 1836 | 136 Enslaved | £2922 12s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 199.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) pp. 97-8: shows Margaret Ann Bend as owner, but also as a large scale mortgagee (£22,157), including £12,871 to Sir Reynolds Abel Alleyne.
Identified as Pleasant Hall from Margaret Bend's registration in the 1832 Slave Register for Barbados.
T71/563 p. 28: Abraham Watson registered 24 enslaved persons in 1834, as attorney to John E. Bend.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4899
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Estate
Pleasant Hall
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Collected by
Daniel, J atty
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Awardee
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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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'Barbados 4899 (Pleasant Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2645 [accessed 2nd January 2025].
