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William Ricketts

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📍 Jamaica

William Ricketts

Gender: Male

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The assembly frees Jack Pearson after his role in suppressing the 1760 revolt

📅 1 December 1763

A Jamaican act freed Jack Pearson, who had been enslaved by the estate of William Ricketts. The statute said Pearson supplied information about a 1760 rebellion in Westmoreland and helped pursue...