16th Nov 1835 | 85 Enslaved | £1706 14s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 105.
T71/363 p. 215: enslaved persons were registered by Chas Leathem in 1832.
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Colony
Dominica
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Claim No.
768
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Estate
Bedminster
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Collected by
Neilson, Claud
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 768 (Bedminster)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9721 [accessed 25th November 2024].
