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Entry Type	Person
Forenames	Betty
Place	Barbados
Epithet	enslaved girl on the Turners Hall plantation
Dates	fl 1759-1771
Gender Identity	Female
Cultural Heritage	African
Biography	Betty was an enslaved African on the Turners Hall sugar plantation in Barbados, who first appears in the records as a child on 31 December 1759. In 1771 she was recorded as working in the meat gang. The 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	Betty (fl 1759-1771); enslaved girl on the Turners Hall plantation

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