24th Oct 1836 | 201 Enslaved | £10456 17s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 318.
T71/885: counterclaim by Jan J. Bysterus Heemskerk, as mortgagee.
T71/431 p. 1043 and p. 1048: enslaved persons were registered by M.J. Retemeyer, as sequestor, in 1832.
Jan J. Bysterus Heemskerk was an Amsterdam mortgagee (see British Guiana claim no. 2420).
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
713
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Estate
Het Vergenoegen
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 713 (Het Vergenoegen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8552 [accessed 25th November 2024].
