30th Nov 1835 | 84 Enslaved | £1657 14s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 48.
T71/867: awarded to Alexander Barclay, St Thomas-in-the-East, owner.
See James A. Thome and Joseph H. Kimball, Emancipation in the West Indies: A six months' tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica in the year 1837 (New York, American Anit-slavery Society, 1838) p. 293 for a visit to estate in 1837.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
261
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Estate
Plantain Garden River Bay
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Collected by
Ranken, John
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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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'Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 261 (Plantain Garden River Bay)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21884 [accessed 5th February 2025].
