9th May 1836 | 151 Enslaved | £3394 10s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 194.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 89: James Thomas Rogers bought the Lammings estate, St Joseph, in 1837 from James Wm Biddy for £10,000. He paid a deposit of £8571 and undertook to clear the debts of the estate.
T71/559 p. 137: James T. Rogers registered 156 enslaved persons on the Parks estate in 1834, as his own property.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3978
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Estate
Parks
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Collected by
Deane, R atty
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Awardee
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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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'Barbados 3978 (Parks)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6358 [accessed 26th April 2024].
