2nd May 1836 | 112 Enslaved | £2393 15s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 191.
T71/898: petition from George James Evelyn, praying to be allowed compensation for one runaway. Compensation was to be paid at the average of the colony as reserve.
T71/555 p. 96: George James Evelyn registered 111 enslaved persons in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3558
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Estate
Merrywing Hall
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Collected by
Hoghthon, C atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 3558 (Merrywing Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/3499 [accessed 2nd December 2024].
