7th Dec 1835 | 189 Enslaved | £9509 17s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 119.
389B-D are not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/885: claim by the heirs of the late S. A. Westerlo for 1/3rd; claim by J. Baron Trevey de Charmail and the heirs of Schumacher for 1/3rd.
389: £3169 19s 4d went to Jean Pierre Jeannette Walen and C.H. Raven.
389A: £3169 19s 4d went to Baron de Charmail.
389B: £1584 19s 8d went to the Vander Laans.
389C: £1056 13s 1d went to A. G. VanderLaan.
389D: £528 6s 6d went to Rookmaker.
See also British Guiana claim no. 357 for Jean Pierre Jeannette Walen as an Amsterdam merchant.
T71/1610: letter, dated 30/11/1835, from Purrier & Wright to Court of Chancery, setting out the copy of a case to Mr Wray on two questions arising from this claim.
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Rotterdam
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Collected by
Moens, JB (A-D)
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Uncontested
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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 389A-D (Rotterdam)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9377 [accessed 26th November 2024].
