22nd Feb 1836 | 254 Enslaved | £4853 6s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 50.
Award split. 468A: £970 12s 5d to James Elmslie. 468B: £970 12s 5d to Eliza Elmslie, Wm Forbes Stewart & E.F. Green. 468C: £1941 4s 9d to William Elmslie. 468D: £970 12s 5d to H.S. Elmslie (in other words, divided into fifths, two-fifths going as 468C.)
T71/867: claim by H.S. Elmslie for himself and on behalf of JE, WE and for trustees of John Elmslie decd.
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Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
468A-D
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Estate
Serge (sp?) Island
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Collected by
Elmsle, J (A); Elmslie, E., WFStuart, EFG (B); Elmslie Wm (C); Green, EF (D)
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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 Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 468A-D (Serge (sp?) Island)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18119 [accessed 18th April 2024].
