Historical Organization
Grenada colonial government
Grenada colonial government
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Organization Timeline
Acting Governor Mackenzie offers an amnesty during the rebellion
đź“… 5 March 1795On 5 March 1795, acting governor Kenneth Mackenzie issued a bilingual proclamation offering amnesty to rebels who had not committed murder and threatening punishment to those who resisted. The...
Colonial returns record Africans seized from the Negrinha and Phoenix
📅 14 October 1836A colonial return dated 14 October 1836 records Africans seized from the Negrinha and Phoenix. The ships carried people being trafficked despite Britain’s 1807 trade ban. Officials used the label...
The Clarendon brings liberated Africans from Sierra Leone to Grenada
đź“… 20 March 1849On 20 March 1849 the Clarendon brought 248 liberated Africans from Sierra Leone to Grenada. These were Africans taken from illegal slave trading and then transported through a British resettlement...
A nominal list records Africans embarked on the Brandon
đź“… 2 December 1849A nominal list of liberated Africans embarked on the Brandon was transmitted on 2 December 1849. Such lists turned people into administrative entries as they were moved from Sierra Leone toward...
The Maidstone departs Calcutta with Indian indentured workers for Grenada
📅 27 January 1857The Maidstone sailed from Calcutta on 27 January 1857 with Indian workers contracted for Grenada’s plantations. Their recruitment took place after emancipation as planters sought a controlled labor...
The Maidstone lands Indian indentured workers at Irwin’s Bay
📅 1 May 1857The Maidstone reached Irwin’s Bay, St Patrick, on 1 May 1857. An official Indian government summary and a local Grenadian account report the arrival; the commemorative plaque records 287 people landed...
The Tartar arrives in Grenada with Africans from St Helena
📅 17 July 1860On 17 July 1860 the Tartar arrived in St George’s with 92 liberated Africans from Central Africa, one of whom had died during the voyage. These Africans had been seized from slave traders and sent...
The Barbara Campbell sails from St Helena with recaptured Africans bound for Grenada
đź“… 22 May 1863The Barbara Campbell left St Helena for Grenada on 22 May 1863 with African recaptives under an emigration and indenture scheme. A Cambridge study identifies this as the last ship to bring liberated...