8th Feb 1836 | 77 Enslaved | £1520 12s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 64.
T71/871: claim from Thomas McNeel, of Westmoreland, as owner.
B.W. Higman Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) pp. 88, 154, 231, 247-8 etc.: shows Thomas McNeil, an attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): shows Thomas McNeil as owning Caledonia estate.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
542
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Estate
Caledonia
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Collected by
Ranken, John
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Uncontested
Yes
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1st claimant
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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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