30th Nov 1835 | 18 Enslaved | £1000 10s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 121.
T71/1610: letter, dated 02/11/1835, from John Mathews, Tuam.
T71/430 p. 687: 20 enslaved persons were registered on Ostend estate by Thomas Browne, as lessee, in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
676
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Estate
Ostend(?)
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Collected by
Hamilton, WS of WSH, Cooper, Lawford
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 676 (Ostend(?))', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8767 [accessed 14th November 2024].
