Grenada orders weekly publication of Black Rangers’ returns

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...

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A Grenada law dated 25 October 1806 repealed an earlier provision requiring a £100 payment connected with manumission.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

A Grenada law passed on 27 July 1818 reaffirmed a £100 payment attached to manumission. The later 1826 law notes this measure while repealing the payment. Manumission remained a constrained route to...

A list issue cited in historian Heather Freund’s study records enslaved people apprehended by the Loyal Black Rangers. The wider set of lists names many individuals and records claimed owners and...

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...