7th Mar 1836 | 185 Enslaved | £4004 6s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 173.
T71/895: claim from the executors of Abraham R. Brandon (deceased).
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 88: Brandon & Killick sold the Hopeland pantation in 1837 to Eyare King for £14,412. References include CO318/117.
T71/553 pp. 40-5: enslaved persons were registered by Brandon & Killick, as executors, in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
283
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Estate
Hopeland Plantn
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Collected by
Levi, Isaac
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 283 (Hopeland Plantn)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/5984 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
