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Awarded the compensation for Meten Meerzorg plantation in British Guiana with John Gladstone, Robertson Gladstone and George Grant (each of whom q.v.) as mortgagees.
To date no James Christian has been identified as a partner of the Gladstone family. The name is a Manx name.
T71/885 British Guiana claim no. 707.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£21,011 2s 7d
Awardee (Mortgagee)
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 Christian', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45497 [accessed 14th October 2024].
