30th Nov -0001 | 74 Enslaved | £3671 8s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 319.
T71/885: claim by John Alves and John Daly, sequestrators of the estate of James and M. S. Bennett. Counterclaims from the 'Rev T. Redwar the President, and Rev H. W. P. Junius, His Honour Appollonius Van Ryck de Goort, Jn Daly and D.E. Cameron, members composing the Board of Church & Poor Fund, mortgages in favour of Poor's fund, £3610 15s 10d'; and from A.R. Hollingsworth, as the executor of Charles Kyte, by virtue of the last two installments on a vendue note; and from the heirs of the late Mrs Frances Beresford (deceased).
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
494
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Estate
Woodley Park
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Other association
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Other association
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Awardee (Sequestrator)
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Awardee (Sequestrator)
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 494 (Woodley Park)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9416 [accessed 26th November 2024].
