13th Jun 1836 | 75 Enslaved | £3767 16s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 170.
T71/894: claim from John Losh, as executor of John Stuart (T71/519 p. 2286: shows 'Stewart').
Carmichael, Domestic manners and social condition (1834) pp. 200 and 221: John Losh appears as a member of the local elite, and as a partner in Turnbull Stewart & co..
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1906
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Estate
Garth Estate
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Collected by
Eccles, Robert
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Trinidad 1906 (Garth Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28097 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
