25th Nov 1836 | 102 Enslaved | £2165 5s 2d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/899: claim by Wm. Bovell. Counterclaim from Wm. Hinds, Speight Town et al.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 139: shows Wm. Hinds as the owner of The Hope estate by 1839.
T71/564 p. 87: enslaved persons were registered by Wm. Bovell, as administrator of the property of Charles W. Greaves.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4771
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Estate
The Hope
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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 4771 (The Hope)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/4446 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
