The Aeolus arrives at Grenada with 295 survivors

The Assembly continued the 1789 criminal-trial law for another two years and beyond until replacement legislation. This renewal shows that exceptional courts and policing were not temporary...

The Eliza arrived at Grenada with 252 captive people, after taking people at the Îles de Los. The ship-history account also records the deaths and turnover among the crew, a reminder that the...

The Enterprize reached Grenada with 319 captive people, according to its voyage history. This was one of the voyages that continued despite decades of resistance and mounting abolitionist pressure....

The 1825 consolidation identifies an earlier Grenada act, passed on this date, as a measure intended to prevent the further increase of free Black and mixed-race people. The title exposes a colonial...

The Bud arrived at Grenada with 243 people recorded as disembarked after embarking 264. The difference in the surviving figures documents a portion of the human cost of the Middle Passage. The...

The Old Dick arrived with 344 of the 349 people recorded as embarked. It had gathered captives at Loango. The shipping data counts those who survived to disembark but cannot restore the names,...

The French National Convention abolished slavery in French colonies. Grenada was under British rule, so this decree did not legally free people enslaved on the island. Its regional example and...

On a later voyage, the Old Dick arrived at Grenada after taking people at Loango. The record reports 350 embarked and 344 landed. The repeated use of the same vessel shows how commercial networks...

Julien Fédon and allied French-speaking free people, alongside enslaved participants, launched coordinated attacks on Gouyave and Grenville. Historians describe the uprising as a revolt against...

On 5 March 1795, acting governor Kenneth Mackenzie issued a bilingual proclamation offering amnesty to rebels who had not committed murder and threatening punishment to those who resisted. The...