No Dates
Given as R.W. Nanton in his apparently unsuccessful claim for the Smith's estate, but almost certainly Richard Wesston Nanton, a resident slave-owner who served as Chief Justice of Antigua after the end of slavery and who was the awardee in a second smaller claim for three enslaved people in Antigua.
The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register (1841) p. 404.
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Name in compensation records
R. W. Nanton
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£39 0s 7d
Awardee
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£1,084 19s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant
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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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1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
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:
'Richard Wesston Nanton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631460 [accessed 26th November 2024].
