30th Nov 1835 | 10 Enslaved | £581 8s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 119.
T71/445 p. 295: enslaved persons were registered by J. Laing, for R. Semple & Co., in 1834.
T71/1610: letter from W. & G. Borradaile, 5 Barge Yard, Bucklesbury, filing a late counterclaim (on British Guiana claim no. 134) on behalf of Messrs. Robert Semple & Co., Liverpool & Berbice.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
449
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Collected by
Borradaile, Wm
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Uncontested
Yes
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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 449', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8695 [accessed 19th April 2024].
