20th Jun 1836 | 174 Enslaved | £8685 3s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 164.
T71/893: claim from George Armstrong, owner in fee, by Archibald Armstrong and John Hoyes his assignees.
1090A for 62 enslaved persons awarded to George Armstrong (£8685 3s 5d) under power of attorney from assignees; 1090B for 114 enslaved persons shows 'transfer to Archibald Armstrong and John Hoyes'.
T71/1611: letter from John Irving Bristol dated 2/2/1836 seeking details of George Armstrong's Mt Pleasant estate.
‘Slaves in the colonies’, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1826-7 (111) (146) p. 33: George Armstrong registered 65+95 'sugar slaves' and 3 'personal slaves' in 1826, also interested in sugar estate in Grenada, 'of the number of slaves employed therein he is ignorant'.
T71/519 pp. 2358-2363: George Armstrong registered 180 enslaved persons in 1834.
T71/1593: Court of Chancery letter to Philip & Geo. Protheroe of Bristol dated 24/2/1836 suspending [?] 'contested' status.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1090
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Estate
Prospect
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Collected by
Kinnear, Geo of Ellis, Kinnear, Forsyth
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Uncontested
Yes
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1st claimant
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Beneficiary
(Assignee)
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Beneficiary
(Assignee)
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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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