Persona históriko

John Hoyes

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📍 Grenada

John Hoyes

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

Grenada removes the disputed £100 barrier to manumission

📅 11 Mart 1826

A Grenada act clarified that earlier laws requiring £100 for each manumission had been repealed and that properly proved and registered freedom documents should be accepted in court. The need to...

Grenada confirms enslaved people may testify in cases involving other enslaved people

📅 19 Mei 1828

After court decisions exposed uncertainty in earlier rules, the Assembly made enslaved people competent witnesses for or against other enslaved defendants without requiring registry certificates. This...