7th Dec 1835 | 48 Enslaved | £957 11s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 67.
T71/915: claim from Alexander Campbell, of Hanover, as executor of Archibald Campbell.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005), Table 3.2 p. 66-7: shows Arch. Campbell as an attorney in Westmoreland.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): identifies separately an Alexander Campbell et al. (of Askenish) from two other entries for Alexander Campbell (1. as resident on Thorn Hill and 2. as absentee on Copse and Beverly estates).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
215
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Estate
Askinish
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Collected by
Grant, D.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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 Hanover 215 (Askinish)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23118 [accessed 14th November 2024].
