A published Ranger list records John’s capture near Silver Arm Estate

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...

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...

A consolidated Grenada slave law dated 26 April 1825 assembled rules governing the enslaved population, including policing, punishment, provision, and restrictions on movement. Although its title used...

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...