11th Jan 1836 | 156 Enslaved | £8384 6s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 131.
T71/432 p. 1368: John Roach Bovell registered 160 enslaved persons on Belfield in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
2272
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Estate
Belfield
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Collected by
Bovell, JR
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'British Guiana 2272 (Belfield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/7079 [accessed 24th April 2024].
