19th Oct 1835 | 189 Enslaved | £3499 15s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 70.
T71/873: claim from C., J. and F.A. Laurence, of Great Britain, as owners in fee.
Jamaica Almanac (1828): Fairfield estate registered to Richard James Lawrence, with 199 enslaved persons.
T71/223: enslaved persons registered by Chas O'Connor, as attorney to the heirs of R.J. Lawrence, in 1832.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) pp. lii-liii: no ownership information is given. Account by a ranger on St Catherine's Hall [sic] that his pregnant wife was mistreated.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
52
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Estate
Fairfield Estate
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Collected by
Lawrence, Chas., Lawrence, Fred.Aug.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 James 52 (Fairfield Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16050 [accessed 19th April 2024].
