28th Mar 1836 | 329 Enslaved | £17016 18s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 319.
T71/887: claim by Mrs Catherine Cramer, as executrix to her husband Stephen Cramer.
T71/433 p. 1771: enslaved persons were registered by A.H.W. Alstat, as substituted executor to the estate of the late S. Cramer.
T71/1259: S. Cramer was active in the colony 1804-1807. Mrs Catherine Cramer's locus is unclear. Some heirs were in Amsterdam.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
2338
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Estate
Perseverance
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 2338 (Perseverance)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8630 [accessed 25th December 2024].
