15th Feb 1836 | 231 Enslaved | £6027 5s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 155.
Award split. 490A: £3013 12s 7d to Cecilia Douglas. 490B: £3013 12s 7d to John M. Robertson and John Robertson.
T71/500 pp. 108-9: enslaved persons registered to Messrs Robertsons and Mrs Douglas by Samuel Porter in 1834.
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Colony
St Vincent
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Claim No.
490A & B
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Estate
Mount Pleasant
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Collected by
Douglas, James (A); AGMilne of JCampbell & AGM (B)
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 490A & B (Mount Pleasant)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27264 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
