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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/18207
TitleList of enslaved people sent to the Grange Hill and Blue Mountain plantations in Jamaica titled "List of Negroes Bought by Malcolm Laing of William Gray as valued by Thomas French and John Nixon Esq."
Date1769
DescriptionOn one side names are listed in two columns: men and women; on the reverse the names are listed according to which plantation they were sent. The names are:

Sent to Blue Mountain:
Manchester; Pompey; Dick; Prince; Robin; Joe; Ned; Charles; Ben; Migniols Dick; Cudjoe; Shadwell; Kent or Cain; Jacob; Sambo; Sampson or Knight; Dick the Dancer; Morris; Yabba or Abba; Maria and her child Nancy; Cynthia; Venus; Dianna; Polly; Susanna; Violet; Martha; Polly; Sarah and her child Hope; Dianna; Fanny; Mimba; Sarah, a girl; Molly, Charles's Wife

Sent to Grange Hill:
Perth or Paris; Elgin; Harry; Quashey; Accra; Quammin; Appollo; Bachus; Gulliver; Peggy; Phebba and her two children Nancy and Bob; Molly; Jenny; Nancy; Sarah and her child Quashey; Daphne; Benneba; Marian and her child Dick; Betty
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
TermSlavery
Slaves
Forced labour
Oppression
Ethnic groups
Archivist NoteThis catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 1 August 2022 KM

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Paris (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Elgin (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Harry (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Accra (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Quamin (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Bacchus (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Gulliver (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Bob (fl c1760s-1771); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Jenny (fl c1740s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Sarah (fl c1740s-1771); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
Molly (fl c1710s-1777); enslaved plantation worker on the Grange Hill plantation, Jamaica
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