15th Feb 1836 | 49 Enslaved | £2653 16s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 117.
The award was split -
127A: £700 16s 3d went to Arthur Rollock Hollingsworth junior.
127B: £1952 19s 11d went to A. Ross.
T71/885: claim by A. Ross, as owner; counterclaim by Arthur Rollock Hollingsworth junior, curator to the estate of P.J. Gallez, for mortgage of £631 11s 6d.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
127A & B
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Collected by
Denoon, A (A&B) of GHHooper & AD
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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:
'British Guiana 127A & B', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/7523 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
