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Glasgow merchant, one of a group of trustees of Robert McKay & Co., awarded the compensation for Heywood Hall in St Mary and Iter Boreale in St George, both Jamaica.
T71/856 St Mary claim no. 244; T71/869 St George claim no. 327; T71/1000 identifies the group's capacity and John Bell as a merchant of Glasgow.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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£4,942 15s 8d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£2,936 10s 11d
Awardee (Trustee)
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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:
'John Bell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43208 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
