9th Feb 1838 | 70 Enslaved | £1149 3s 6d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
Details are given in T71/868.
See also Portland claim no. 244.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Darley estate registered to Frances M. Roper.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Darley estate registered to the heirs of Thomas Roper (a late 18th century resident planter).
T71/1201: counterclaim from Herbert Jarrett James (one of the Masters of Chancery of Jamaica), as guardian of rights in 'Atkins by attorney v Roper et al'.
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Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
245
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Estate
Darley
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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 Portland 245 (Darley)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24642 [accessed 27th April 2024].
