30th Nov 1835 | 325 Enslaved | £17864 11s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 121.
T71/431 p. 883: Nicolas Marie Manget registered 342 enslaved persons on Schoon Oord and Meerzong estates in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
681
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Estate
Schoon Oord and Meerzong
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Collected by
Eccles, Wm of Eccles, Ronald, Burnley
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 681 (Schoon Oord and Meerzong)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8771 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
