7th Mar 1836 | 13 Enslaved | £312 19s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 154.
T71/1066: note dated at the office of compensation 01/03/1836: 'personally appeared John Cropper of Liverpool merchant who declared that Elizabeth Hopley, one of the claimants under the above number recently married with Wm Hopley and that Wm. Cropper, one other of the claimants, is also executor of the will of Edward Cropper deceased and that the said claimants are all brothers and sister and prays that the compensation may be awarded to the said George Cropper, Wm. Cropper, Frances Cropper and Elizabeth Hopley.'
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St Vincent
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Claim No.
319
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Uncontested
Yes
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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:
'St Vincent 319', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/26637 [accessed 27th December 2024].
