9th May 1836 | 99 Enslaved | £2094 11s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 150.
T71/891: no claim, but a return by Angus Campbell. Counterclaim by Walter Cockburn, Edinburgh, mortgagee.
T71/491 p. 59: Angus Campbell registered enslaved persons as owner in 1834.
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Colony
Tobago
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Claim No.
31
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Estate
Marys Hill
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Collected by
Cockburn, Walter
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Tobago 31 (Marys Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28141 [accessed 18th April 2024].
