22nd Feb 1836 | 102 Enslaved | £2289 1s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 297.
T71/865: claim from Joseph Gordon, as trustee and executor under the will of Benjamin Marriott Perkins.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
190
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Estate
Hermitage
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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:
'Jamaica St Andrew 190 (Hermitage)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18037 [accessed 26th December 2024].
