28th Mar 1836 | 40 Enslaved | £901 19s 4d
The award was split -
4A: £541 3s 7d went to the Metcalf(e)s and Davis, dated 28/03/1836.
4B: £349 17s 7d went to Stewart, Paterson and Bremner, dated 01/08/1836.
4C: £10 18s 2d went to Wm. and Esther Hughes, dated 17/04/1837.
T71/881: claim by Elizabeth Metcalfe, tenant for life, for 3/5ths of the enslaved persons, and by Wm. Hughes and Esther Hughes (his wife), executor and executrix of Tho. Sharples, for 2/5ths of the enslaved persons. Counterclaim from D.S. Laidlaw, Adam Paterson and James Laing Bremner, of Roseau, merchants, mortgagee on 2/5ths.
See also Dominica claim no. 275 for E. Metcalf as absentee.
The name of Robert Metcalfe Atkinson is given incorrectly as Robert 'Metcalf' Atkinson in the Parliamentary Papers.
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Dominica 4A, B &C', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10062 [accessed 2nd December 2024].
