8th Feb 1836 | 77 Enslaved | £1520 12s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 64.
T71/871: claim from Thomas McNeel, of Westmoreland, as owner.
B.W. Higman Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) pp. 88, 154, 231, 247-8 etc.: shows Thomas McNeil, an attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): shows Thomas McNeil as owning Caledonia estate.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
542
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Estate
Caledonia
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Collected by
Ranken, John
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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 Westmoreland 542 (Caledonia)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24148 [accessed 20th April 2024].
