EVENT INFORMATION

22
May
1863

Jacquelina Henrietta Grave is manumitted from Barbados plantation

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๐Ÿ“… 22 May 1863 ๐Ÿ“ Suriname

On 22 May 1863, Jacquelina Henrietta Grave was manumitted from plantation Barbados in Beneden Cottica. Born in 1855, she was eight years old and the daughter of Elisabeth Louisa Grave. J. Bronner requested her freedom. Her record documents a childโ€™s release shortly before general emancipation, while leaving unanswered whether her mother was also freed or where the family lived afterward.

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Jacquelina Henrietta Grave

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Elisabeth Louisa Grave

J. Bronner

plantation Barbados

Beneden Cottica