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Awarded with James Curle (q.v.) the compensation for the enslaved people on Melrose and Mount Nelson estate in Manchester Jamaica, as executors and trustees of Robert Waugh (q.v.), who was possibly a returnee living in Melrose Roxburghshire until his death c. 1832.
T71/915 Manchester claim nos. 374 and 375.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£517 2s 7d
Awardee
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£2,530 19s 3d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1834 [EA] - → Executor
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1834 [EA] - → Executor
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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:
'Robert Cunningham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/13881 [accessed 27th December 2024].
