8th Feb 1836 | 64 Enslaved | £1480 3s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 73.
T71/873: claim from George McFarquhar Lawson senior, of St James, as owner-in-fee.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838): records a critical commentary, but no ownership information is given.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
543
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Estate
Porto Bello Estate
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Collected by
Deffell, JH
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 James 543 (Porto Bello Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24024 [accessed 7th May 2024].
