30th Nov 1835 | 260 Enslaved | £14154 6s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 120.
T71/885: claim from William Shand and Alexander Simpson, as owners.
T71/429 p. 293: Alexander Simpson registered 284 enslaved persons, on behalf of C. & W. Shand and Alexander Simpson, in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
553
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Estate
Pln Montrose
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Collected by
Shand, Wm. pro & atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 553 (Pln Montrose)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8759 [accessed 25th April 2024].
