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26
April
1825

Forty-eight hours away without a pass defined someone as a runaway

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📅 26 April 1825 📍 Grenada

Clause 16 defined an enslaved person absent from an owner or employer for forty-eight hours on working days, without a ticket or permit, as a runaway. The definition converted unlicensed mobility into a legal status subject to capture. It also shows that a pass regime structured movement, while escape and travel beyond it were ongoing possibilities. (Consolidated Slave Act, clause(s) 16.)

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enslaved people of Grenada

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Grenada House of Assembly

colonial courts and magistrates