4th Apr 1836 | 44 Enslaved | £2495 14s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 169.
T71/894: counterclaim from T. Wilson and H.D. Brooke, of the firm of Joseph Wilson Dublin.
T71/519 p. 2246: the enslaved persons were registered by Desir Fabien in 1834.
T71/1592 p. 192, dated 05/08/1835, and T71/1593 p. 17, dated 12/12/1835.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1755
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Collected by
Wilson, Thos.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant
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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 1755', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/29796 [accessed 26th December 2024].
