EVENT INFORMATION

30
Yanüari
1680

Planter seeks permission to remove people who remain enslaved

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📅 30 Yanüari 1680 📍 Sürnam

Isaac Meza asks permission to take the remaining enslaved people and goods to Barbados. He says many people have been seized or have gone over to the Indigenous enemy. The letter shows Africans actively choosing escape, while colonial authorities describe their movement as a loss of property.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Isaac Meza

Johannes Heijnsius

Africans who escaped enslavement

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Plantation administration

Government