27th Jun 1836 | 64 Enslaved | £3354 1s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 170.
T71/519 p. 2297: 64 enslaved persons were registered on La Perseverance by Thomas Neilson in 1834.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
2013
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Estate
La Perseverance
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Collected by
Latham, Alfred of Arbuthnot & Latham
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Awardee
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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 2013 (La Perseverance)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/29487 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
