William Lindsay Darling was the brother of Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of Mauritius 1819-1824 and Governor of New South Wales 1825-1831, who had himself had experience of the slave colonies in Grenada in his earlier years.
Brian H. Fletcher, ‘Darling, Sir Ralph (1772–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004); online edn, May 2009 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7157 [accessed 17/10/2012].
1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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.
