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Loyal Grenada Black Rangers

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Loyal Grenada Black Rangers

Gender: Male

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Grenada orders weekly publication of Black Rangers’ returns

đź“… 15 March 1815

The 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

đź“… 28 April 1819

A 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

đź“… 13 May 1819

A 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...

Grenada newspapers publish a list of fugitives apprehended in 1825

đź“… 11 February 1826

A 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

đź“… 13 June 1835

A 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...