1st Dec 1835 | 182 Enslaved | £3236 10s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 56.
T71/870: claim by James Daly, as attorney to John Langlands. No explanation for award to William Mitchell Kerr.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) pp. 66-7: reference to William Mitchell Kerr as an attorney.
See also St Elizabeth claim no. 748: John Langlands appears to have died c. 1829.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
186
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Estate
Roseberry Plantation
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Collected by
Kerr, Wm Mitchell
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jamaica St Elizabeth 186 (Roseberry Plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11724 [accessed 19th April 2024].
