9th May 1836 | 241 Enslaved | £4998 13s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 196.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) pp.84-5: shows that Charles Thomas Alleyne was the son of John Foster Alleyne, and inherited the Porters estate circa 1820 (John Foster Alleyne died in 1823). Henry Alleyne was a cousin or uncle.
T71/562 p. 7: enslaved persons were registered by Charles Thomas Alleyne and Henry Alleyne in 1834.
See also Barbados claim nos. 2044, 4361, 4363 and 4501.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4363
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Estate
Porters plantation
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Collected by
Gibbs, George atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 4363 (Porters plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6780 [accessed 25th November 2024].
