15th Feb 1836 | 245 Enslaved | £6418 15s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 155.
Award split. 481A: £3196 5s 9d to Robert Robertson. 481B: £3196 5s 9d to Alexander McBarnet. 481C: £26 3s 11d to F.D. Brown [sic]. Counterclaim from Francis Brown Douglas, City of Edinburgh as owner-in-fee of one enslaved person and as assignee of a mortgage for £8400 plus interest. Counterclaim also from a group of trustees led by Robert Glasgow (late Robertson).
T71/500 p. 51: enslaved persons registered for Robert Robertson and Alexander McBarnet by Wm Gillespie in 1834.
See also St Vincent claim no. 466 and St Elizabeth claim no. 579.
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St Vincent
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Claim No.
481A-C
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Estate
Sans Souci
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Collected by
Milne, AG of CCampbell, MnutterC, HBrown & AGM
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee (Assignee)
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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:
'St Vincent 481A-C (Sans Souci)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27263 [accessed 19th April 2024].
