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7
Yüni
1796

The law turns chain sentences into forced road building

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📅 7 Yüni 1796 📍 Grenada

Clause II directed people sentenced to hard labor in chains to clear the interior woods and make roads across Grenada, under overseers and a sufficient guard paid at public expense. The provision transformed punishment into coerced infrastructure work, linking repression after rebellion to colonial circulation and control of the island’s interior.

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Enslaved people sentenced to hard labor in chains

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Overseers

guards

Governor and Commander in Chief