7th Dec 1835 | 128 Enslaved | £2830 15s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 103.
听
NB: this must be Hillsborough estate. 听See J. R. Ward, 'The Profitability of Sugar Planting in the British West Indies, 1650-1834', Economic History Review, 31 (2) (May, 1978), pp. 197-213, p 213, figures for Hillsborough Dominica and Cane Garden St Vincent, having together 230 enslaved persons and making 拢1551 or 7.5% 1820-2, sourced to Royal Commonwealth Society library, London Greg papers and Rhodes House Library, Greg Papers. Family of John Greg (1716-95), first Govt Commissioner for sale of land, owned Hertford and Hillsborough. See St Vincent claim no. 547 for Cane Garden.
听
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p 99: attorney of Hillsborough 'having lately adopted liberal views.'
Colony
Dominica
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Claim No.
319
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Estate
[Hillsborough]
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Collected by
Greg, Thomas ktm illeg
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Awardee
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