8th Feb 1836 | 28 Enslaved | £699 5s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 154.
T71/500 p. 211: enslaved persons registered by Joseph Billinghurst for himself in 1834.
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Colony
St Vincent
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Claim No.
311
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Estate
New Edinburgh
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Collected by
Hyde, G.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Vincent 311 (New Edinburgh)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27612 [accessed 3rd May 2024].
