7th Mar 1836 | 38 Enslaved | £798 0s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 172.
T71/895: claim from Elizabeth T. Howell, of the Kingdom of Great Britain, by B.C. Howell, her attorney.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 98: Elizabeth T. Howell held mortgages of £1071. She is not marked as resident. However, T71/553 pp. 373-3 shows that Elizabeth T. Howell registered 39 enslaved persons in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
177
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Collected by
Deane, R. 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 177', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/5891 [accessed 11th December 2024].
