12th Oct 1835 | 375 Enslaved | £6779 7s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 51.
T71/915 p. 168: claim from Wm. U. Sims and Jacob Sims, of London, as mortgagees.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to J. [sic] A. Young & Sims (with Cambridge also).
Jamaica Almanac (1826): shows William Lambie as receiver.
TNA British Transatlantic Slave trade: slavery, overseas records information no. 27 shows Greenwich Hospital owning Golden Vale in Portland from 1793-1811. [ADM 65/59 sic]
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
43
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Estate
Golden Vale Estate
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Collected by
Sims, W.U. and Jacob Sims
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Other association
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 Portland 43 (Golden Vale Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12818 [accessed 20th April 2024].
