7th Dec 1835 | 189 Enslaved | £10555 12s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 120.
540: £1600 0s 0d went to A.G. Milne
540A: £2892 0s 2d went to W.S. Hamilton.
540B: £6060 12s 2d went to Sir John Rae Reid.
T71/885: claim by Messrs. W. Hamilton & Co., for 77 enslaved persons, and by Richard Grosvenor Butts for 112 enslaved persons. Counterclaims from Messrs. John Campbell & Co., by virtue of a mortgage of £1517 2s 0d (admitted by W.S. Hamilton as to £1600 and paid to AGMilne); and from Messrs. Reid Irving & Co., by virtue of a mortgage of £4864 5s 0d (admitted by Richard Grosvenor Butts and paid to them 'in part satisfaction of the amount due to them').
T71/433 p. 2233: Richard Grosvenor Butts registered 225 enslaved persons on Thomas plantation in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
540
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Estate
Plantn Thomas
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Collected by
Milne, AG; Hamilton, WS; John Rae Reid
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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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:
'British Guiana 540 (Plantn Thomas)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9059 [accessed 25th April 2024].
