18th Apr 1836 | 57 Enslaved | £1242 15s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 187.
T71/897: the claimants were tenants in common under Gidney Clarke's will.
T71/553 p. 161: Mary Clarke registered 30 enslaved persons of her own in 1834.
T71/556 p. 93: enslaved persons were registered by John Richards for Gidney Clarke in 1834.
S. D. Smith, Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic. The World of the Lascelles, 1648–1834 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006), esp. p. 136.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
2768
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Collected by
Nelson, John Wood and Adam, B exors
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Uncontested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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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:
'Barbados 2768', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/3114 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
