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Awarded the compensation for enslaved people on Sans Souci in British Guiana with others as guardian of a group of minors named Fraser, presumably his relatives. The money appears to have been paid to partners in the Liverpool/British Guiana merchants Sandbach Tinne instead.
T71/885 British Guiana no. 995. Claim by Colin Sim[p]son, James Fraser and Andrew Jackson as guardians of the minors Fraser. Oct 23rd 1837 'Order of Colonial court to pay the compensation due to claim 995 to CSParker, HRSandbach, James Parker and Edmund [sic] Whitaker. Subsequent amendment to Edward Whitaker [of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Times 26/10/1846 p. 9].
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£610 8s 9d
Awardee (Guardian)
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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:
'James Fraser', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41876 [accessed 27th December 2024].
