23rd Nov 1835 | 48 Enslaved | £2811 19s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 119.
T71/445 p. 383: return for 49 enslaved persons by G.J. Lowenfeld for E. Munro in 1834.
T71/885: claim from E. Munro, by her attorneys Wm. Ross and Robt. Robertson.
See also British Guiana claim no. 5 for Wm. Ross and Robt. Robertson as attorneys to the estate of George Munro (probably a Scottish absentee).
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
323
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Estate
Philadelphia
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Collected by
Denoon, A. of GHHooper and AD
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Uncontested
Yes
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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 323 (Philadelphia)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8484 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
