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Entry TypePerson
ForenamesMatt
PlaceGrange Hill plantation, St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey, Jamaica
EpithetEnslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Datesd 1814
Gender IdentityMale
Cultural HeritageAfrican descent
BiographyMatt was enslaved at the Grange Hill plantation. He was recorded as having died of 'dirt eating' at Grange Hill in 1814. Dirt eating was and remains a common practice in African and European communities and would not have caused Matt's death, which may instead have been due to malnutrition.
Authorised Form of NameMatt (d 1814); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica

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