19th Oct 1835 | 31 Enslaved | £689 4s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 75.
T71/874: claim from Peter H. McTaggart, in the Parish of Trelawney, as owner.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to Eliza McTaggart, with an illegible number of enslaved persons (Jamaica Almanac (1832) shows 2 enslaved persons).
Jamaica Almanac (1832 & 1833): 'Aberdeen' estate registered to Ann Littlejohn.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawney
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Claim No.
96
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Estate
Aberdeen
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Collected by
McTaggart, Peter H.
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Awardee
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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:
'Jamaica Trelawney 96 (Aberdeen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16149 [accessed 16th April 2024].
