Entry Type | Person |
Forenames | Popa Harry |
Also Known As | Pappa Harry |
Place | Barbados |
Epithet | enslaved man on the Turners Hall plantation |
Dates | fl 1759-1771 |
Gender Identity | Male |
Cultural Heritage | African |
Biography | Harry was an enslaved African on the Turners Hall sugar plantation in Barbados, who first appears in the records on 31 December 1759. He is described as having one arm; his arm was likely lost in an accident at the sugar cane grinding mill. In 1771 he was recorded as a plantain walk watchman. The name Popa/Pappa Harry suggests that he may have been enslaved in West Africa and trafficked via the Portuguese slave market at Little Popo (now Aneho, Benin), or Grand-Popo, Benin. |
Authorised Form of Name | Popa Harry (fl 1759-1771); enslaved man on the Turners Hall plantation |
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