7th Dec 1835 | 10 Enslaved | £534 12s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 123.
William Edward Carroll, The End of Slavery: Imperial Policy and Colonial Reaction in British Guiana (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1970) p. 141: shows John Croal in 1839 as the proprietor of Lima and Haarlem, and as attorney for Thomas.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
938
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Collected by
Eccles, Wm of Eccles, Burnley
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 938', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9175 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
