26th Oct 1835 | 145 Enslaved | £2731 0s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 5.
T71/853: claim from Wm. Jackson, of St Dorothy, as attorney to Wm. Beckford Esq. (of Fonthill Abbey).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
73
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Estate
Bodle's Pen
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Collected by
Carew, George of Rev Saml White and GC
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Dorothy 73 (Bodle's Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19572 [accessed 21st December 2024].
