29th Jan 1838 | 11 Enslaved | £246 11s 1d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/857: treated together with St Ann claim no. 854. Of the total under both claims, John Hiatt Sharp was awarded £136 4s 6d; Elizabeth Beaumont £22 5s 11d; Septimus Thomas Allen £172 12s 11d; and John Hiatt Sharp and Frances Maria Hiatt £257 17s 10d. Counterclaims included Anna Maria Milward of Great Britain, assignee of judgement for £180 10s 61/4d. Septimus Thomas Allen was executor of Anna Maria Millward of Lewisham [see St Ann claim nos. 714 and 853, and St Catherine claim no. 641]; Elizabeth Beaumont was widow of A.H. Beaumont.
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Jamaica
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St Ann
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Claim No.
253
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Estate
Paradise and Breadnut Hill
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Contested
Yes
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 St Ann 253 (Paradise and Breadnut Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20963 [accessed 18th April 2024].
