No Date | 198 Enslaved | £3932 11s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 298.
T71/865: claim from John Wilson, as executor and trustee under the will of William Robertson. Case in Jamaican Court of Chancery appears to be Robertson vs Wilson.
T71/138 p. 250: enslaved persons registered in 1832 by John Wilson, City of Kingston, as executor of William Robertson.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
195
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Estate
Airy Castle
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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1st claimant
(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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