2nd May 1836 | 258 Enslaved | £4777 5s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 150.
T71/891: claim by John Gordon [of Cluny] and Alexander Gordon of London and Scotland.
See also Tobago claim nos. 19 and 72.
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Colony
Tobago
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Claim No.
75
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Estate
Spey Side
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Collected by
Gordon, Alex.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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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:
'Tobago 75 (Spey Side)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27528 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
