6th Feb 1837 | 84 Enslaved | £1716 2s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 321. T71/891 and T71/1304: claim by The Hon.Edward Ellice, executor and devisee in trust of John Crawford Balfour. Counterclaim by Russell Ellice of [5] Portman Square, Middlesex, 'as surviving trustee under several indres of mortgage, £30,000 3 per cent consolidated bank annuities with long arrears of dividends'.
Times 24/7/1837 p 5: Russell Ellice is the brother of Hon Edward Ellice.
T71/491 p. 6: enslaved persons registered by John Stewart as manager in 1834.
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Colony
Tobago
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Claim No.
14
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Estate
Amity Hope
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Contested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 14 (Amity Hope)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28048 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
