7th Mar 1836 | 120 Enslaved | £2775 0s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 173.
T71/895: claim from James Holligan, Parish of St Michael, as owner-in-fee.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 90: James Holligan bought the Mangrove Pond estate from Thomas Lee in 1838, with two partners, for £17,857; p. 90 - James Holligan used the compensation from Bank Hall to pay off part of a mortgage on that estate. James Holligan bought Cox's estate from J.H. Alleyne in 1838 for £27,000.
T71/553 p. 333: James Holligan registered 117 enslaved persons on Bank Hall in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
341
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Estate
Bank Hall
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Collected by
Lee, Thos atty
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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 341 (Bank Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6038 [accessed 15th January 2025].
