13th Mar 1837 | 37 Enslaved | £896 17s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 316.
T71/884: unclear what the Marryats' standing was. Claim by Madame Veuve Alexander, multiple counterclaims from, for example, the heirs of the late James Baillie, Edmund Thornton and Duncan Campbell.
T71/1242: includes a copy of the St Lucia Gazette 14/09/1836 in which was advertised the judicial sale of the Widow Alexander's etate of Mt Pleasant with 31 apprentice labourers; similar sales advertised for Diamond and Decatiere Estates.
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Colony
St Lucia
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Claim No.
329
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Estate
Mt Pleasant
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Contested
Yes
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Other association
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Awardee
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Lucia 329 (Mt Pleasant)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/26305 [accessed 19th April 2024].
