16th May 1836 | 197 Enslaved | £4165 9s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 200.
T71/899: claim from Hampden Clement, of St Peter, owner-in-fee.
T71/563: Hampden Clement registered 196 enslaved persons on the Black Bess estate in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4953
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Estate
Black Bess
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Collected by
Daniel J atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 4953 (Black Bess)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2694 [accessed 24th April 2024].
