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Entry Type	Person
Forenames	Quaco
Place	Barbados
Epithet	enslaved man on the Turners Hall plantation
Dates	fl 1759-1781
Gender Identity	Male
Cultural Heritage	African
Biography	Quaco 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 clayer (a potter who made the clay pots in which the sugar was formed into loaves). In 1771 and 1781 he was also a cane watchman. By 1781 he was described as 'old' and in 'middling health' Quaco was born at Turners Hall and was married to Edey. His name is an African day-name, traditionally given to a boy born on a Wednesday.
Place of Birth	Barbados
Authorised Form of Name	Quaco (fl 1759-1781); enslaved clayer on the Turners Hall plantation

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