8th Feb 1836 | 34 Enslaved | £754 19s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 64.
£163 14s 9d went to each of J. T. Clarke (503A); C. J. Clarke (503B); E. H. Clarke (503C); and Kirkland & Dawes together (503D).
T71/871: claim by John Campbell, of Westmoreland, as attorney to the heirs of C. J. Clarke.
T71/189 p. 64: John Campbell registered 35 enslaved persons in 1832, as attorney to the heirs of W. & (?) C. J. Clarke.
B.W. Higman Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 232: Edward Hudson Clark [sic] was appointed overseer on Shettlewood estate in 1842.
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Westmoreland
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Claim No.
503A-D
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Estate
Enfield
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Collected by
Kirkland, John, pofa
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Awardee
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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 Westmoreland 503A-D (Enfield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24189 [accessed 25th April 2024].
