9th May 1836 | 410 Enslaved | £8558 2s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 195.
T71/899: claim from 'The Hon Revd Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts' by Forster Clarke. James Heywood Markland was the Treasurer.
T71/558 p. 140: 401 enslaved persons were registered in 1834 by Forster Clarke for 'the trust estate of the Hon and Rev Society P.G.F to which he is atty'.
J. R. Ward, 'The Profitability of Sugar Planting in the British West Indies, 1650-1834', Economic History Review, 31 (2) (May, 1978), pp. 197-213: shows the Codrington plantation earning £2472 per annum, with 359 enslaved persons and a rate of interest of 7.7%, 1820-9 (sourced to USPG London, Codrington Plantation papers).
Lingberg, 'Codrington Chronicle' (1949): shows profitability and numbers of enslaved persons rising in 1792-8 and 1820-9.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4215
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Estate
Codrington
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Collected by
Markland, JH
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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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'Barbados 4215 (Codrington)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6568 [accessed 6th November 2024].
