18th Jan 1836 | 105 Enslaved | £2590 1s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 113.
T71/390 p. 1504: enslaved persons registered to Gaillard & C. de Laubeuque in 1834.
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Colony
St Lucia
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Claim No.
492
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Estate
Beau Sejour
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Collected by
Cavan, James
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'St Lucia 492 (Beau Sejour)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/26494 [accessed 3rd November 2024].
