16th Nov 1835 | 288 Enslaved | £6259 8s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 76.
147A: £3132 9s 5d went to Geo. Shedden.
147B: £934 14s 10d went to Robt. Shedden.
147C: £939 14s 10d went to John Shedden.
147D: £1252 19s 9d went to Lennard.
T71/874: claim by G.R. Shedden and John Thomas Barrett Lennard and uxor, of England.
T71/1608: letters from John Flowers, Litchfield (Staffordshire) re. a counterclaim on this claim on behalf of his wife: 'placed in a situation of such peculiar uncertainty, Mrs Flowers experiences that degree of anxiety which the nature of the situation demands'. Letter, dated 03/12/1835, from R. Shedden and sons, providing an agreement signed by the parties.
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Jamaica
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Trelawny
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Claim No.
147A-D
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Estate
Stewart Castle Estate
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Jamaica Trelawny 147A-D (Stewart Castle Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15185 [accessed 8th November 2024].
