No Date | 168 Enslaved | £3564 14s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 286.
T71/854: claim from James Wright Turner, as receiver. Complex nexus of claims and mortgages, includes Chas. Payne and J.L. Dampier as executors of E.F. Bourke.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St John
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Claim No.
51
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Estate
Spring Vale
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Awardee (Receiver)
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Beneficiary deceased
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Executor or executrix)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Executor or executrix)
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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:
'Jamaica St John 51 (Spring Vale)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24771 [accessed 9th November 2024].
