2nd May 1836 | 194 Enslaved | £4458 13s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 192.
T71/898: claim from Wm Hinds, as executor to the estate of Richd Skinner (deceased).
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 107: K.A.H. Cobham bought the Stepney estate for £26,000 in 1835, including 364 acres of land, compensation for 197 enslaved persons, and the remainder of apprenticeship terms.
T71/557 p. 199: enslaved persons were registered by Wm Hinds, as the executor of Richd Skinner, in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3640
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Estate
Stepney
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Collected by
Cobham, Katharine Ann Hinds, atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 3640 (Stepney)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/3569 [accessed 19th April 2024].
