1st Feb 1836 | 74 Enslaved | £2146 17s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 46.
The award was split: 555A - The Earl of Balcarres received £715 12s 5d; 555B - Atkinson & Hozier received £1431 4s 9d.
T71/865: claim by Geo. Atkinson, of Kingston, as joint owner with James Hozier. Counterclaim from The Earl of Balcarres, as 'Owner of one-third, vide papers attached to Hanover (Claim) No. 586' (this is the contracting of enslaved persons to support British military camps). This award is to the 7th Earl of Balcarres, James Lindsay.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
555A & B
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Estate
Stoney Hill and Up Park Camp
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Collected by
Fowlis, Thomas for 555A: Hozier, J. for 555B
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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:
'Jamaica St Andrew 555A & B (Stoney Hill and Up Park Camp)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11827 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
