6th Feb 1837 | 6 Enslaved | £280 14s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 122.
T71/885: claim by Cecilia Jackson, as owner-in-fee, for her minor children: 'Awarded to Cecilia Jackson £280 14s 3d to abide the amended award of the Board when trustees are appointed'. Petition, dated 20/10/1841, of Cecilia Jackson to the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Guiana, praying the court to appoint guardians to her minor children. Also a statement that two of her children have atttained their majority. The award was amended to guardians and to new husbands and wives.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
780
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Estate
La bonne mere
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 780 (La bonne mere)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8983 [accessed 25th November 2024].
