1766
The context of this pamphlet was the response of Alleyne and others to the denunciation of Barbadians for accepting the Stamp Act (1766). See Jack P. Greene, ‘Liberty and Slavery. The Transfer of British Liberty to the West Indies, 1627–1865’, in Exclusionary Empire. English Liberty Overseas, 1600–1900, ed. Greene (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. 67-8.
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Place
Barbados
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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.
