Grenada’s Guardian Act ties provision and reproduction to slave management

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 Assembly made escape or absence from confinement for 48 hours a felony for enslaved people sentenced to banishment or hard labour in chains, with death among the possible punishments. The law also...

A Grenada law dated 25 October 1806 repealed an earlier provision requiring a £100 payment connected with manumission.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...

Grenada’s registry law required slaveholders to submit names, ages, colour, African or Creole designation, identifying marks, and estate information for enslaved people. The initial returns were due...