Description:

Counter claim by Charles Pinney to the compansation due on 40 slaves, in the possession of plantation owner Maria Huggins.

The Abolition, or end, of slavery happened in 1834.
The slave owners and their supporters accepted the loss of their property (slaves) in return for compensation (money) from the government. £20 million was paid to slave owners by the British government, as compensation for this loss. Slave owners in Bristol received over £500,000 (worth about £25 million today); a vast sum at that time.

Date: Aug 1835

Copyright: Copyright Bristol University