6th Mar 1837 | 172 Enslaved | £3298 8s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 302.
T71/870: claim from Bernard M. Senior, as owner. Counterclaim from Robert Wallace, James Hunter, James Tasker and John Robertson, as mortgagees in fee for £9940 0s 1/2d. Robert Wallace was MP for Kelly, Greenock, Scotland (q.v. and see Westmoreland claims).
T71/177 p. 339: enslaved persons registered in 1832 by John Salmon junior, as attorney for Saltspring, attorney to Messrs Seniors and [of?] Estlin [?].
T72/2594 pp. 19-20: letter to Edward Blackmore & Co., stating that there is no reason to change the award to Messrs Wallace Hunter & Co.
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Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
741
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Estate
Saltspring Pen
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jamaica St Elizabeth 741 (Saltspring Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22877 [accessed 18th April 2024].
