30th Nov 1835 | 355 Enslaved | £17674 6s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 120.
T71/885: claim from John Croscort Reed, as executor to George Reed (deceased).
Emilia Viotti da Costa, Crowns of glory, tears of blood: the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994) p. 203: reference to John Reed as the owner of Dochfour.
T71/429 p. 69: John Groscort Reed registered 353 enslaved persons in 1832.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
575
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Estate
Pln Dochfour
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Collected by
Reed, Baynes Roach
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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:
'British Guiana 575 (Pln Dochfour)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8014 [accessed 20th April 2024].
