23rd Nov 1835 | 187 Enslaved | £9412 5s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 116.
T71/885: claim by 'Messrs Davidson Barclay & Co'.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
16
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Estate
Bellevue
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Collected by
Davidson, H & Barkly A & Wm Davidson
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Uncontested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
Belle Vue was identified (with Lust-tot-Rust) as the property of the late Richard Clarke Downer London Gazette18557 10/03/1829 p. 452, and the two estates were auctioned in 1832 London Gazette18943 08/06/1832 p. 1332.
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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 16 (Bellevue)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8235 [accessed 21st November 2024].
