2nd May 1836 | 189 Enslaved | £3885 16s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 189.
T71/898: claim by John Rycroft Best, attorney to Abel Rous Dottin.
T71/555 p. 86: enslaved persons were registered on the Coverley estate by John Rycroft Best in 1834.
See also Barbados claim nos. 4612 and 4948 for Abel Rous Dottin at Argyll Street, London.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3210
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Estate
Coverley
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Collected by
Dottin, AR
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Uncontested
Yes
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1st claimant
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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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