Record

Entry Type	Person
Forenames	Attah
Place	Barbados
Epithet	enslaved woman on the Turners Hall plantation
Dates	fl 1759-1771
Gender Identity	Female
Cultural Heritage	African
Biography	Attah was an enslaved African on the Turners Hall sugar plantation in Barbados. She first appears in the records on 31 December 1759 and is described as having one hand. Her hand was most likely lost in an accident at the mill. In 1771 she was recorded as driver [overseer] of meat getters. The meat getters, or meat gang, weeded the fields and cared for the animals, and was made up of the very young and very old.
Authorised Form of Name	Attah (fl 1759-1771); enslaved woman on the Turners Hall plantation

Show related Catalog records.

Add to My Items

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Collection Highlights