1761 - 1816
Resident in British Guiana in the 1810s but dying in London in 1816. Assignees and heirs of Jan Bonjes contested the compensation for the enslaved people on Vrouw Anna in British Guiana and reached a complex settlement over the compensation.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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£14,904 0s 5d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Hans Place, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, London, England
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jan Bonjes', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630621 [accessed 21st November 2024].
