7th Dec 1836 | 64 Enslaved | £1696 0s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 99.
T71/880: claim from Maria Lang and Charles Porcher Lang, as devisees in trust and executrix of Robert Lang (deceased owner-in-fee).
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Colony
Grenada
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Claim No.
759
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Estate
Ladigue Estate
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Collected by
Chauncy, NSof NSC and RCLang
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Other association
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Awardee
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Grenada 759 (Ladigue Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11226 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
