9th May 1836 | 116 Enslaved | £2507 0s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 195.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 48: shows that Harbourne Gibbes Stragham [sic] bought Haynes Hall estate in 1832, paying £8571 down and securing the remaining £3428 with a judgement and mortgage.
T71/558 p. 159: enslaved persons were registered by Harbourne Gibbes Straghan in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4209
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Estate
Haynes Hill
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Collected by
Lee, T atty
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Awardee
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Barbados 4209 (Haynes Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6563 [accessed 1st May 2024].
