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Correspondent with the Commissioners concerning his alleged entitlement to a legacy secured on the Friendship estate in St Vincent under the will of his father-in-law Charles John Warner (q.v.). Disingenuously he noted that his wife had died without children: the will of his wife Charles [sic] Maria Warner showed that she had divorced him before the compensation process.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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£2,590 6s 8d
Other association
Stephen Briggs was a correspondent of the Commissioners of Compensation for this claim, but it is not clear that he formally counter-claimed
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Ex-husband → Ex-wife
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Weir End, Ross, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Stephen Briggs', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649987 [accessed 26th November 2024].
