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Entry TypePerson
ForenamesQuaco
PlaceBarbados
Epithetenslaved clayer on the Turners Hall plantation
Datesfl 1759-1781
Gender IdentityMale
Cultural HeritageAfrican
BiographyQuaco was an enslaved African on the Turners Hall sugar plantation in Barbados, who first appears in the records on 31 December 1759. In 1759 he was recorded as a clayer. In 1771 and 1781 he was also a cane watchman. By 1781 he was described as 'old' and in 'middling health'

Quaco was born at Turners Hall and was married to Edey. His name is an African one, traditionally given to a boy born on a Wednesday.
Place of BirthBarbados
Authorised Form of NameQuaco (fl 1759-1781); enslaved clayer on the Turners Hall plantation

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