9th Nov 1835 | 102 Enslaved | £2862 5s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 99.
T71/880: claim from Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, of the 'Retreat', Topsham, Devon, England, as owner-in-fee.
T71/1609 (unnumbered): letter, dated 08/06/1835, from Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, stating that he had copies of claims filed by his agent George Paterson but was 'unaware if Proprietors be required to take further steps in this country... I am on the eve of leaving home and may be absent some time.. . it would be satisfactory to know if the commissioners have been enabled to decide at what rate Proprietors will receive the compensation'.
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Colony
Grenada
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Claim No.
685
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Estate
Samaritan
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Collected by
Bevan, D of Bevan , Barclay, Tritton
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 685 (Samaritan)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11369 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
