22nd May 1838 | 40 Enslaved | £1659 18s 8d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/894: awarded to John Lake as assignee of 1st mortgage of £1155 6s 8d (was awarded £799 1s 4d); and to Matthew Gilly as executor of Louis Laborde, owner-in-fee of a moiety.
T71/1592 p. 279: letter to Louisa La Borde, Port of Spain, Trinidad acknowledging the counterclaim.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
2000
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Estate
Beausejour
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Assignee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Trinidad 2000 (Beausejour)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/29288 [accessed 19th April 2024].
