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Entry TypePerson
SurnameComma
ForenamesCuffey
Also Known AsCuffy Coma / Quffy Acomak
PlaceBarbados
Epithetenslaved boiler on the Turners Hall plantation
Datesfl 1759-1781
Gender IdentityMale
Cultural HeritageAfrican
BiographyCuffey was an enslaved man of African descent 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 boiler. This was highly skilled work which involved judging the consistency of the boiling sugar cane juice to decide when it should pass to the next stage of boiling and when it was ready to set as sugar. In 1771 he was a cane watchman; watchmen were often older people who were 'retired' from their previous work, perhaps due to infirmity.

Cuffey is an African name that would traditionally be given to a boy born on a Friday. Acomak may indicate a link to the enslaved people in Accomack County, Virginia.

Cuffey was born at Turners Hall. He was married to Prudence who had two sons, Quamminer and Quashey or Gambo, and a daughter Alley. By 1781 he was described as 'old' and he died soon after.
Place of BirthBarbados
Authorised Form of NameComma; Cuffey (fl 1759-1781); enslaved boiler on the Turners Hall plantation

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