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Probably resident in Jamaica, awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on the Montreal estate in St Mary Jamaica as executor and trustee of John Kelly. The main claim was contested by Thomas Kelly of Dublin, who characterised John Kelly as the acting executor of William Kelly who had died in London in 1829 after returning from Jamaica.
T71/856 St Mary nos. 484, 485 and 486.
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£928 18s 5d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£125 0s 2d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£30 18s 2d
Awardee
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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:
'Michael Kelly', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43474/ [accessed 2nd December 2024].
