A manuscript history of Grenada records Jacques Dyel du Parquet’s purchase of the island in Paris on 27 September 1650. French settlement and plantation expansion later relied on enslaved African labour; this date marks the colonial transfer, not the start of slavery on the island. The source cautions that the often-repeated account of a June 1650 taking of possession may be mistaken.
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What did the 1650 purchase by du Parquet signify?
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The purchase formed part of French colonial expansion; it did not itself abolish or establish a fully documented island-wide labour system.
On 27 September 1650, du Parquet purchased Grenada in Paris, according to the manuscript history cited in the research log.
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The source records the purchase date and cautions against a commonly repeated June possession date.