5th Oct 1835 | 59 Enslaved | £1032 11s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 90. The attorney was Benjamin Buck Greene.
See also St Kitts claim no. 505.
John Habakkuk, Marriage, debt and the estate system (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994) p. 456 : Patrick Blake, of Montserrat, the son of Andrew Blake, of St Kitts, after his father's death in 1760 laid out a fortune in the purchase of the manor of Langham, Suffolk. Sourced to Copinger Suffolk (s.v. Langham).
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Colony
St Kitts
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Claim No.
159
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Estate
Diamond, Basseterre
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Collected by
Blake, Henry Charles ktm Benjamin Greene
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
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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'St Kitts 159 (Diamond, Basseterre)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/26039 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
