30th Nov 1835 | 123 Enslaved | £6486 11s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 120.
T71/885: claim by John Chapman, as owner-in-fee. Counterclaim by John Charles Constable, in the county of Surrey, by virtue of a mortgage of £5000, and also by assignment (by the claimant to the counterclaimant) to receive the compensation.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
580
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Estate
Plantn Grove
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Collected by
Constable, John Charles ktm JAM(?) Constable
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Assignee)
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 580 (Plantn Grove)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8016 [accessed 26th April 2024].
