14th Mar 1836 | 26 Enslaved | £605 17s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 172.
258A: £81 11s 2d, for 5 enslaved persons, went to G. Beaumont Leslie Barclay.
258B: £524 6s 6d, for 21 enslaved persons, went to James King Went.
T71/895: claim from Rev. James King Went, of Thorpe Cottage, Barbadoes, as executor of George Thorpe, creditor under judgements dated 20/02/1817 and 03/07/1817, for £1412 3s 03/4d.
T71/553 p. 58: G. Beaumont Leslie Barclay registered 26 enslaved persons in 1834.
T71/1593 p. 93: letter, dated 03/02/1836, to J.G. Grant [John Glasgow Grant], 28 London St, Fitzroy Sq., agent of James King Went, on processes in valuation.
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Barbados
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Claim No.
258A & B
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Not a claimant (Attorney)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Barbados 258A & B', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2140 [accessed 25th December 2024].
