12th Oct 1835 | 111 Enslaved | £2342 14s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 102.
T71/881: claim from Sir George Henry Rose and Benjamin Aislabie, owners.
T71/363 p. 93: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by D.S. Laidlaw, as attorney.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. xvii: the authors refer to the number of enslaved persons on the Canefield estate, St Paul's, falling from 163 to 111 (145 deaths, 41 births). Non-resident.
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Colony
Dominica
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Claim No.
243
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Estate
Cane Field
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Collected by
Fraser, Wm.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Dominica 243 (Cane Field)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9627 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
