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Resident, dying in Georgetown 11/02/1846, counterclaimed unsuccessfully for the compensation on Hoff van Holland as co-owner with George Lawson (q.v.), and also almost certainly awarded the compensation for two other smaller awards in British Guiana, as well as the awards made variously to 'A. Galloway' and 'Andrew Galloway', and counterclaimed as one of the sequestrators on Sparta, all in British Guiana. He had been in partnership in Demerara and Berbice with the Douglas family of Glasgow until 1819.
T71/877 British Guiana nos. 2383A-C and 2384A&B; London Gazette 20714 12/03/1847 p. 1048.
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£63 0s 1d
Awardee
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£12,746 11s 11d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Sequestrator)
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£3,971 4s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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£63 0s 1d
Awardee
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£13,522 6s 5d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
Andrew Gallaway registered 140 enslaved people on Enfield in 1819, property of Douglas, Gallaway.
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£2,371 13s 10d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1819 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1825 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Previous owner
Douglas, Gallaway had sold its interest in the enslaved people on Enfield ahead of the 1825 Slave Registration |
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Administrator
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Sequestrator
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Commercial (1) |
Name partner
Douglas, Gallaway
West India merchant - British Guiana |
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Business partners
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Business associates
Notes →
The two men were co-owners of Hoff van Holland in Demerara at the time of...
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Andrew Gallaway', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/6987 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
