16th May 1836 | 185 Enslaved | £3676 1s 8d
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) p. 86: Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bart. sold the Six Mens estate to Joseph Lyder Briggs for £14,285.
T71/563 p. 158: enslaved persons were registered by C.T. Alleyne in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4917
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Estate
Sixmens
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Collected by
Maclean, Fitzroy
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Awardee
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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 4917 (Sixmens)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2663 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
