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Resident of Kingston, awarded with his partners two small awards in Jamaica. Probably the same man as the John Nicol who counterclaimed successfully for part of the compensation for the Middleton estate in St George and Springfield in St Thomas-in-the-Vale.
St Ann no. 472; St Thomas-in-theEast no. 309. T71/1200 counterclaim, Thomas Farquhar Hill, John Nicol and Richard Davies described as City of Kingston, gentlemen co-partners; T71/869 St George nos. 212 & 213, T71/855 St Thomas-in-the-Vale no. 255.
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£427 6s 4d
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£34 13s 0d
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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:
'John Nicol', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42834 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
