2nd May 1836 | 219 Enslaved | £4748 0s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 189.
T71/898: claim by John Rycroft Best, of Christ church. Counterclaim from the Daniels, of Mincing Lane, London, judgement creditors, May 1818, for £4500.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 44: J.R. Best managed Fairey Valley for his father: Daniels were consignees and held mortgages of £14,500. Ibid. p. 86: this award and that for Moonshine Hall was used to reduce accumulated interest, the Daniels left the loan at interest, purchased a small estate [Harburton] in 1834.
T71/555: John Rycroft Best registered 219 enslaved persons on Fairy Valley estate, as the property of the estate of TB to which he is executor.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3213
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Estate
Fairy Valley
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Collected by
Daniel, Jno atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant (Judgement creditor)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Judgement creditor)
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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:
'Barbados 3213 (Fairy Valley)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/3194 [accessed 26th December 2024].
