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Refers to importation of articles, with reference to salt fish; refers to an enslaved...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/44/45

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CO 101/44/45
Date
1806 Dec 7
Description

Refers to importation of articles, with reference to salt fish; refers to an enslaved person of African descent who was convicted ten days previous of an attempt to poison the manager on the estate; person was tried by two magistrates and three white men as the jury, and then was hanged; states that the man was connected with 'obye' [obeah].

Frederick Maitland, Grenada, Folios 177 - 178.

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