9th May 1836 | 83 Enslaved | £1790 9s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 193.
T71/1611: letter, dated 10/03/1836, from Joseph Freeman Padmore, confirming compensation.
T71/1593 p. 137: letter, dated 11/03/1836, to Josh Padmore, Cheltenham (Gloucestershire).
T71/557 p. 178: enslaved persons were registered in 1834 by Edward Thomas, attorney to Joseph Freeman Padmore.
T71/1593 p. 137: letter, dated 11/03/1836, to Josh Padmore, Cheltenham, stating: you have mistaken the valuation for the compensation. The value for this claim is £4,610, with compensation of £1790 9s 3d. The value for Barbados claim no. 2217 is £360, with compensation of £135 18s 9d.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3807
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Estate
Ellesmere
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Collected by
Padmore, Freeman, atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 3807 (Ellesmere)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6133 [accessed 21st November 2024].
