13th Mar 1837 | 285 Enslaved | £14904 0s 5d
The award was split -
2398A: £8498 6s 9d went to Campbell.
2398B: £6405 13s 8d went to Adam, dated 25/07/1836.
Number of enslaved persons is not given in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/887: claim by the heirs of Milliken Craig and John Craig. Counterclaim from Fredk Huth & co., London merchants, as assignees of a charge of 100,000 florins on 5/8ths share of the Vrouw Anna estate, under the will of Jan Bonjes.
T. M. Devine, 'An eighteenth-century business élite: Glasgow-West India merchants, c. 1750-1815', Scottish Historical Review, 57 (1) (April, 1978), p. 57.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
2398A&B
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Estate
Vrouw Anna
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased (Heir-at-law)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)
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Beneficiary deceased
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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 2398A&B (Vrouw Anna)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/7202 [accessed 21st November 2024].
