19th Oct 1835 | 146 Enslaved | £2506 11s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 67.
See also Hanover claim nos. 27 and 24.
T71/872: claim from William Hudson Heaven, of England, as proprietor and owner in fee.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005)p 158: shows Heaven's properties in England represented by Heaven & Co., of Bristol.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
22
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Estate
Ramble Pen
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Collected by
Heaven, WH
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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:
'Jamaica Hanover 22 (Ramble Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15980 [accessed 16th April 2024].
