1834
In view of the Jamaica uprising of December 1831 / January 1832 and the campaigning of abolitionists, the British government abolished enslavement in most British colonies in 1834. The 1833 Abolition Act gave the enslavers £20 million in compensation; enslaved Africans received nothing.
At a time when the British state was much smaller, the £20 million represented 40 per cent of annual government expenditure. £15 million of the £20 million was raised in a loan led by Rothschilds (the bankers); the rest was paid through the issue of government stock direct to enslavers. (In 2013, the £20 million would be worth over £20 billion).
Over the years that followed the 1830s, the British people paid the debt-service largely through taxes on consumption of basic foods and drink. The compensation was divided among the enslavers according to how valuable the enslaved Africans were. About half of the compensation was paid directly to absentee enslavers in Britain. They included over 100 Members of the Houses of Parliament between 1820 and 1835; and included 160 Church of England ministers. They were all identified in the records of the Compensation Commission either as owners, trustees or executors. The compensation money, the final pay-off to the slave-owners from enslavement, helped to build railways, country houses, to fund art collections and charities, and to build modern Britain.
COMPENSATION FOR THE CODRINGTON FAMILY
Sir Christopher Bethell-Codrington Bart
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Antigua 101 (Clare Hall, St John) £4442 2S 0D [296 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Antigua 329 (New Work, St Peters) £2468 10S 2D [169 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Antigua 332 (Cotton, St Peters) £2078 1S 7D [137 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Antigua 334 (Betty’s Hope, St Peter) £4920 9S 10D [299 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Antigua 338 (Garden, St Peter) £2227 13S 8D [146 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Antigua 558 (Island of Barbuda, a dependency of Antigua) £6286 18S 11D [492 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
Tobago 1 (Bon Accord) £3581 14S 6D [185 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
Tobago 32 (Cowland (?)) £3861 6S 5D [192 Enslaved]
Codrington
AWARDEE
Grenada 865 (Westerhall Estate) £4867 18S 1D [176 Enslaved]
Codrington
AWARDEE
Grenada 866 £2260 4S 5D [86 Enslaved]
Ambrose Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 79 £29 3S 1D [1 Enslaved]
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington
AWARDEE
Antigua 54 (Browns (sp?) , St Philips) £2588 6S 6D [190 Enslaved]
George Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 85 £61 10S 2D [3 Enslaved]
George Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 66 £371 6S 2D [17 Enslaved]
George Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St George 114A-F £448 6S 6D [28 Enslaved]
Jane Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 13 £29 3S 1D [1 Enslaved]
Margaret Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica Portland 170 £29 3S 1D [1 Enslaved]
Mary Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 98 £97 19S 3D [5 Enslaved]
Mary Ann Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 53 £131 4S 4D [4 Enslaved]
Pamela S. Codrington
AWARDEE
Jamaica Portland 209 £249 12S 11D [12 Enslaved]
William Collins Codrington
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 84 (Happy Grove) £1827 11S 6D [84 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 86 £39 15S 9D [2 Enslaved]
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs
COMPENSATION FOR THE GLADSTONE FAMILY
John Gladstone AWARDEE [OWNERN-FEE]
British Guiana 556 (Plantation Success) £22274 18S 9D [429 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
British Guiana 650 [Neidestein (Vreedensteen)] £10278 5S 8D [193 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [MORTGAGEE-IN-POSSESSION]
British Guiana 656 (Wales) £14721 8S 11D [272 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
British Guiana 687 (Vreed-en-Hoop) £22443 19S 11D [415 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
British Guiana 707 (Met-en-Meerzorg) £21011 2S 7D [393 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Elizabeth 534 (Holland Estate and ‘Shaws’) £5624 3S 1D [300 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Elizabeth 535A-C (Holland Estate) £2074 14S 10D [106 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Jamaica St Mary 254 (Oxford Estate) £3059 18S 8D [169 Enslaved]
AWARDEE
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 1 (Fair Prospect) £4295 3S 3D [231 Enslaved]
John Neilson Gladstone
Immediate descendant of a claimant or beneficiary
Robert Gladstone
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE]
Jamaica Manchester 65 (Great Valley) £9225 16S 5D [468 Enslaved]
Robert Gladstone
DECEASED CLAIMANT SUCCESSFUL
Jamaica Manchester 65 (Great Valley) £9225 16S 5D [468 Enslaved]
Robertson Gladstone
AWARDEE [MORTGAGEE]
British Guiana 707 (Met-en-Meerzorg) £21011 2S 7D [393 Enslaved]
Thomas Steuart Gladstone
AWARDEE [EXECUTOR OR EXECUTRIX]
Jamaica Manchester 65 (Great Valley) £9225 16S 5D [468 Enslaved]
William Gladstone
AWARDEE [EXECUTOR OR EXECUTRIX]
Jamaica Manchester 65 (Great Valley) £9225 16S 5D [468 Enslaved]
William Ewart Gladstone
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs
