30th Nov 1835 | 103 Enslaved | £5683 2s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 121.
T71/885: claim from the assignees of M.J. Petermeyer [sic].
T71/430 p. 504: 109 enslaved persons were registered by Thomas Blake, for self, and Edward Bishop, sequors, in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
641
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Estate
Little Diamond
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Collected by
Sandbach, H of PTS
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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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Awardee
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 641 (Little Diamond)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8053 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
