29th Feb 1836 | 209 Enslaved | £3572 10s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 107.
Awarded to Pinney and Case as trustees although the two men are known to have been mortgagees on Tobin's property.
See J. R. Ward, 'The Profitability of Sugar Planting in the British West Indies, 1650-1834', Economic History Review, 31 (2) (May, 1978), pp. 197-213, p.211 for Stoney Grove, which lost £45,000 [=£450?] p.a. on 209 enslaved persons 1826-34 (-0.2% ROI), the only loss-making estate Ward found post-abolition of the slave trade.
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Colony
Nevis
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Claim No.
1
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Estate
Stoney Grove
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Collected by
Dimsdale, J(?) of Barnard & Dimsdale
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Beneficiary
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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:
'Nevis 1 (Stoney Grove)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23739 [accessed 29th April 2024].
