Grenada criminalizes escape from banishment and forced chain labour

Historical scholarship identifies 9 July 1796 as another date on which insurgents were publicly executed after the collapse of Fédon’s campaign. This record marks the continuation of colonial...

On 25 July 1796, eight insurgents—three white men and five free men of color—were publicly executed in St George’s. At the same time, other insurgents who avoided execution remained confined on...

Tessa Murphy’s study records another public execution date, 26 September 1796, as colonial authorities continued punishing insurgents after the rebellion. The surviving summary identifies the date but...

The day after the 26 September executions, public executions of insurgents continued on 27 September 1796. Recording the consecutive dates makes visible a sustained wave of state violence rather...

A further public execution date recorded by historians is 12 October 1796. The process of punishment extended months beyond the end of open hostilities in June, while other prisoners remained in...

The law required owners to provide family housing and provision grounds, and to allow time for enslaved people to cultivate them. It also appointed white freeholder guardians to inspect estates and...

A Grenada law dated 25 October 1806 repealed an earlier provision requiring a £100 payment connected with manumission. This narrow legal change could ease one barrier to individual self-purchase or an...

Parliament passed the Act to abolish the British transatlantic slave trade. It prohibited British subjects from participating in the trade after its commencement, but did not emancipate people already...

The St George’s Chronicle and Grenada Gazette reported that the governor directed weekly publication of the Loyal Grenada Rangers’ service returns. Later lists recorded enslaved people apprehended...

The registry law required detailed schedules of people held in slavery, including names, estimated ages, colour categories, African or Creole status, and conspicuous marks. The law also regulated...