17th Oct 1836 | 97 Enslaved | £2464 0s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 312.
T71/880: claim from Joseph Dert, owner-in-fee. Counterclaim by Victor La Barrie; replication by administrator of Joseph Dert and attorney to Joseph Marie Dert, 'denying counterclaim in the usual words of course'.
T71/333 p. 169: enslaved persons were registered by John Wells in 1834, as attorney to Joseph Dert.
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Colony
Grenada
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Claim No.
465
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Estate
True Blue
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Contested
Yes
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Deceased claimant successful (Owner-in-fee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Other association
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Grenada 465 (True Blue)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10587 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
