11th Jan 1836 | 12 Enslaved | £444 19s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 131.
See also British Guiana claim no. 737 for the death of Frederick Cort in late 1835 (?).
Emilia Viotti da Costa, Crowns of glory, tears of blood: the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994) p. 268: Frederick Cort was an attorney on the Success plantation.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
2142
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'British Guiana 2142', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6978 [accessed 8th November 2024].
