30th Nov -0001 | 215 Enslaved | £3806 16s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 300.
T71/868: claim from John Oldham, as receiver, Mount Pleasant. Counterclaim from L.T. Crossley, of England, by his attorney John Oldham, as executor of Benjamin Crossley, who had been awarded £15278 11s 10d in a local chancery cause of Wilson vs Anderson.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
239
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Estate
Mount Pleasant
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Awardee
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 239 (Mount Pleasant)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24731 [accessed 26th April 2024].
