Grenada consolidates laws controlling the enslaved population

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...

A notice in the St George’s Chronicle responded to an earlier fugitive list that named a woman as Jacline, said she belonged to Lataste Estate, and had been captured at nearby River Sallee. A...

An account of the Legislative Assembly published on this date set aside up to £82 10s from public funds to purchase the freedom of Sergeant Mitchel, who had served for a long time in the Loyal Black...

A list covering June 1819 was published in the December 15 issue of the St George’s Chronicle. It recorded Bob as escaping from Francis La Barrie and being captured at Woodford Estate. The original...

The June 1819 runaway list, published on December 15, named a man called John as coming from “Plaisants” and being captured above Silver Arm Estate in St Patrick Parish. The historian notes several...

Clause 2 required plantation owners to allot land suited to growing provisions, allow twenty-eight working days between May and January for cultivation, and provide food, clothing, bedding, and...

Clause 3 allowed an enslaved person’s complaint—or information from another person—to trigger a justice’s inquiry into food, clothing, housing, and treatment. Justices could inspect an estate and...

Clause 4 urged owners and their agents to instruct enslaved people in Christianity and required parish clergy to baptize adults deemed ready and infants within six months of birth. Clergy were also to...

Clause 5 allowed two enslaved people belonging to the same owner to marry through an authorized clergyman or priest, but required written permission from that owner. Clergy were also to judge...

Clause 6 required each plantation to maintain a hospital in a suitable, healthy location for enslaved people who were sick, injured, or infirm. An “hospital-book” was to record names, admission and...