9th May 1836 | 89 Enslaved | £2526 6s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 322. T71/892: claim by Tho Choppin, sole acting executor and trustee of Jas Choppin. Counterclaim from Baillies as mortgagees £4000 at 5 per cent from 15/08/1824. Counterclaim also from Philip Protheroe of Bristol for arrears of annuity and apprentice fee under will of James Choppin (withdrawn). Counterclaim from James Crocome (sp?) of Bath [Somerset], for £425 13s 4d due as account to 08/11/1834 and £40 1/2 years annuity since.
T71/500 p 104: enslaved persons registered by Tho Choppin for himself in 1834.
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Colony
St Vincent
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Claim No.
506
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Estate
Harmony Hall
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Annuitant)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Executor or executrix)
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Deceased claimant unsuccessful (Owner-in-fee)
An owner until his death in 1824: his executor pursued the compensation
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Annuitant)
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Awardee
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Vincent 506 (Harmony Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27160 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
