29th Jul 1839 | 12 Enslaved | £383 0s 11d
T71/902: initial claimant Amédée Herchenroder. (1) Pierre Bonnemaison for judgement and mortgage, claimed £44 15 6, awarded £26 0 7. (2) Prosper Bouchet + Louis Ayel for two promisary notes, claimed £180 16 6, awarded £105 0 10. (3) Robert Castleman for judgement of court, claimed £35 14 0, awarded £20 14 10. (4) Rassendron Arlanda for five promisary notes, claimed £359 10 0, awarded £206 10 6. (5) Ben Caron & Co for promisary note, claimed £42 10 6, awarded £24 14 2.
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1685
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Mauritius 1685', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
