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EAP148/3/1
- Record Id:
- 036-002793990
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002793989
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023507571.0x000016
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP148/3/1
- Title:
- Manumission of Slaves [1747-1838]
- Scope & Content:
- The Manumission of Slaves registers contain certificates (deeds) of freedom for free people of “colour” (black or mixed-race). According to Jamaican law, “free people of colour” had to prove their freedom from slavery. This information was recorded in the Manumission Registers in the Island Secretary’s Office. The Collection comprises 70 bound registers. The first 4 volumes are missing, as reported in the list of record books in the Island Secretary’s Office compiled in 1869. Persons were freed in the following parishes: Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Port Royal, Portland, St. Andrew, St. Ann, St. Catherine, St. David, St. Dorothy, St. Elizabeth, St. George, St. James, St. Mary, St. Thomas in the East, St. Thomas in the Vale, Trelawny, Vere and Westmoreland.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Inventory of archival holdings in Jamaica
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002793989
036-002793990 - Is part of:
- EAP148/3 : Jamaica Archives: The Office of the Island Secretary of Jamaica Collection, Central Government [1659-1879]
EAP148/3/1 : Manumission of Slaves [1747-1838] - Contains:
- EAP148/3/1/1 : Manumission Liber: Volume 5 [1747-1838]
EAP148/3/1/2 : Manumission Liber: Volume 6 [1755-1760]
EAP148/3/1/3 : Manumission Liber: Volume 7 [1760-65, 1772]
EAP148/3/1/4 : Manumission Liber: Volume 8 [1763-1774]
EAP148/3/1/5 : Manumission Liber: Volume 9 [1766-1770]
EAP148/3/1/6 : Manumission Liber: Volume 10 [1769-1772]
EAP148/3/1/7 : Manumission Liber: Volume 11 [1772-1774]
EAP148/3/1/8 : Manumission Liber: Volume 12 [1775-1779]
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP148/3/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002793989[0001]/036-002793990
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP148/3
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 8 files of 2,703 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1747
- End Date:
- 1838
- Date Range:
- 1747-1838
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- 1B/11/6
- Arrangement:
- There are two index volumes in which entries are recorded under the name of the manumitter, but not of the person being freed. Volume 1 covers libers 13-53 (1778-1819) and Vol. 2 libers 54-68 (1819-1833). The Registers are organized chronologically, alth
- Information About Copies:
- Jamaica Archives
- Information About Originals:
- Jamaica Archives
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Africa and the diaspora
Slave trade - Places:
- Jamaica, Caribbean