29th Feb 1836 | 74 Enslaved | £941 3s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 144. T71/890: owner, St. Salvador.
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Colony
Bahamas
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Claim No.
252
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Collected by
Gwilt, Robt.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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:
'Bahamas 252', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/1443 [accessed 24th April 2024].
