30th Nov -0001 | 253 Enslaved | £4920 12s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 293.
T71/859: awarded to James W. Turner and John Blair, receivers in the cause of Payne vs Pallmer. Counterclaim from C. Payne of Bristol, John Lucius Dampier of London [T71/1187, counterclaim on Clarendon claim no. 234].
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 45: estate belonged to C.N. Pallmer, mortgaged for over £10000 to Chas Payne & co., compensation used by Pallmer to pay down debt of Payne & Co.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Clarendon
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Claim No.
234
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Estate
Rose Hill
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Receiver)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Receiver)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 Clarendon 234 (Rose Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24706 [accessed 9th November 2024].
