23rd Nov 1835 | 231 Enslaved | £5844 18s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 97.
T71/880: claim from John Alexander Hankey and his co-proprietors.
T71/332 p. 54: enslaved persons were registered in 1834 by John Stokes, as 'attorney to the proprietors'.
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Sagesse Estate
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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:
'Grenada 860 (Sagesse Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10858 [accessed 19th April 2024].
