Historical Organization
St George’s Chronicle and Grenada Gazette
St George’s Chronicle and Grenada Gazette
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Grenada orders weekly publication of Black Rangers’ returns
📅 15 March 1815The St George’s Chronicle and Grenada Gazette reported that the governor directed weekly publication of the Loyal Grenada Rangers’ service returns. Later lists recorded enslaved people apprehended...
A Grenada newspaper publishes a list of people apprehended by Black Rangers
📅 28 April 1819A list issue cited in historian Heather Freund’s study records enslaved people apprehended by the Loyal Black Rangers. The wider set of lists names many individuals and records claimed owners and...
The Chronicle documents continued capture of Grenadian fugitives
📅 13 May 1819A second issue cited in the published study carried a list of runaways apprehended by the Loyal Black Rangers. The repeated publication of such returns shows that escape was persistent enough to...
A Grenada notice disputes an enslaved woman’s reported identity
📅 15 May 1819A notice in the St George’s Chronicle responded to an earlier fugitive list that named a woman as Jacline, said she belonged to Lataste Estate, and had been captured at nearby River Sallee. A...
A published Ranger list records Bob’s movement between estates
📅 15 December 1819A list covering June 1819 was published in the December 15 issue of the St George’s Chronicle. It recorded Bob as escaping from Francis La Barrie and being captured at Woodford Estate. The original...
A published Ranger list records John’s capture near Silver Arm Estate
📅 15 December 1819The June 1819 runaway list, published on December 15, named a man called John as coming from “Plaisants” and being captured above Silver Arm Estate in St Patrick Parish. The historian notes several...
Grenada newspapers publish a list of fugitives apprehended in 1825
📅 11 February 1826A February 11 issue of the St George’s Chronicle printed a list covering runaways apprehended by the Rangers from August through December 1825. Historian Heather Freund uses the list alongside other...
A Grenada newspaper recalls the Rangers’ role in enforcing slaveholders’ authority
📅 13 June 1835A letter published in the St George’s Chronicle described the Loyal Black Rangers as an armed police force used to arrest runaways and uphold slaveholders’ authority. This is a retrospective...