23rd Jan 1836 | 146 Enslaved | £2875 19s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 313.
T71/881: counterclaims from John Charles Constable, of Oak House, Battersea, county of Surrey, as a mortgagee for £10559 16s 1d; and from T.W. Doyle, as before.
The estate was later [?] owned by Charles Leatham, sugar king of Dominica.
T71/363 p. 208: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by Faur Mourillon, joint proprietor.
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Colony
Dominica
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Claim No.
138
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Estate
Woodford Hill
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 138 (Woodford Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9854 [accessed 26th December 2024].
