20th Jun 1836 | 41 Enslaved | £2077 17s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 170.
T71/894: Robert and Wm. Eccles were the surviving partners of James Eccles, trading as Robt Eccles & co.
T71/519 p. 2246: enslaved persons were registered in 1834 by Daniel McAlpine, as manager, and were owned by the heirs of T. Brown.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1886
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Estate
Bromage Estate
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Collected by
Eccles, Robt.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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:
'Trinidad 1886 (Bromage Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28803 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
