Jamaica Trelawny 637 (Oxford)

22nd Nov 1841 | 173 Enslaved | £3342 5s 10d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.

Details are given in T71/874.

See also Trelawny claim no. 208: same counterclaim from C. N. Pallmer, Martin Williams and Richard Barrett.

Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 219: the authors refer to Oxford estate as the propery of Edward Barrett, an absentee. 'There are on it three hundred negros, of whom nearly one-third are Baptists'; 'This estate is managed on a liberal plan; although few of the old allowances are continued.' Ibid. p. 221: the authors refer to Oxford and Cambridge as 'two estates belonging to a liberal proprietor in England.' Ibid. p. xlviii: on Cambridge, 'we know we got a good massa in England, and we wish to do everything to oblige him; but if the overseer continues to worry us none of the apprentices will remain when the time is up'.

Edward B. Moulton Barrett given in St James 651 as of Sidmouth, Devon.


Further Information

Colony
Jamaica
Parish
Trelawny
Claim No.
637
Estate
Oxford
Contested
Yes

Associated Individuals (2)

Awardee
Awardee

Associated Estates (1)