8th Feb 1836 | 300 Enslaved | £5624 3s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 58.
T71/870: claim from John Gladstone, of Liverpool, as mortgagee.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 263: the authors visited the Holland estate of Gladstone: 'It is a very fine estate with a large number of apprentices'. The estate school was discontinued; 'During slavery the numbers rapidly declined, but are now supposed to be stationary'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
534
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Estate
Holland Estate and 'Shaws'
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Collected by
Freshfield, J.W. jun.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 534 (Holland Estate and 'Shaws')', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23928 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
