9th May 1836 | 241 Enslaved | £4998 13s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 196.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) pp.84-5: shows that Charles Thomas Alleyne was the son of John Foster Alleyne, and inherited the Porters estate circa 1820 (John Foster Alleyne died in 1823). Henry Alleyne was a cousin or uncle.
T71/562 p. 7: enslaved persons were registered by Charles Thomas Alleyne and Henry Alleyne in 1834.
See also Barbados claim nos. 2044, 4361, 4363 and 4501.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4363
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Estate
Porters plantation
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Collected by
Gibbs, George atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 4363 (Porters plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6780 [accessed 20th April 2024].
