23rd Nov 1835 | 174 Enslaved | £2944 4s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 92.
T71/879: claim from Charles, Earl of Romney etc., as owners. Despite this characterisation in the Register of Claims, the estate was shown as in the ownership of Sir James Douglas bart, in the Slave Registers.
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Colony
St Kitts
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Claim No.
635
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Estate
Lamberts
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Collected by
Neave, Sheffield
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'St Kitts 635 (Lamberts)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23767 [accessed 19th April 2024].
