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Counter-claimant for the compensation for the enslaved people on Madeys estate in Grenada with her son William Alexander Law (q.v.), then in India, under the will of William Law. She was shown as of 48 Grande Rue, Boulogne. Wilhelmina Fleming had married Mat[t]hew Law at Bengal 12/09/1803. William Law under whose will Wilhelmina Law claimed was possibly the brother and executor of James Law (q.v.), the previous owner of Madeys.
Ancestry.com, India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948 [database online].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£3,718 17s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Mother → Son
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Sisters
Notes →
Inferred by LBS. Wilhelmina Fleming married Mat[t]hew Law in Calcutta 12/09/1803; Temperance Sophia Fleming married George Udny in Bengal...
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48 Grande Rue, Boulogne, France
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Wilhelmina Law', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652665 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
