6th Feb 1837 | 216 Enslaved | £4083 1s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 150.
T71/1064: claim by John Hamilton of Cliff near Rochester, tenant-in-tail.
T71/1610: letter from A. Gordon dated 03/02/1837 asking for award in favour of trustees, Rev. James Hamilton of St Stephens near Canterbury and Arthur Philip Hamilton of Munich in Germany captain in the Royal Navy. 'PS As the fund to be received under the award is immediately wanted I should feel much obliged by a line saying when I may send for the Award.'
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Colony
Tobago
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Claim No.
16
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Estate
Riseland
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Collected by
John Hamilton of JH and AGordon
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Tobago 16 (Riseland)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28049 [accessed 9th November 2024].
