22nd Aug 1836 | 26 Enslaved | £1285 1s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 324.
T71/894: claim from Wilde and Pickersgill, as attorneys and mortgagees. Mercantile interception: Wilde and Pickersgill gained power of attorney to put in a claim for said compensation from Louis La Grenade. The counterclaim was withdrawn.
Louis La Grenade was a 'free coloured' resident of Grenada.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1887
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 1887', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/29298 [accessed 27th November 2024].
