White & Black Slavery

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Here at we like to discuss many different subjects.
Slavery is a delicate subject and one that should be discussed until the end of time, to ensure that it never happens again.
Although it is (in some parts of the world) still going on, I think mostly, when we think of the slave market, we think of Africa and the deep South of America.
Here below, you will find a selection of website links and videos offering examples of slavery, in it's many forms.
Some are diaries written by the slaves themselves, like Harriet Jacobs.

Born into slavery in North Carolina in 1813, Harriet Jacobs was taught to read and write by the woman who owned her. But when her owner died, young Jacobs was left to a relative who treated her far worse. When she was a teenager, her master made sexual advances on her, and finally one night in 1835 she attempted to escape.

The runaway didn’t get far, and wound up hiding in a small attic space above the house of her grandmother, who had been set free by her master some years earlier. Incredibly, Jacobs spent seven years in hiding, and health problems caused by her constant confinement led her family to find a sea captain who would smuggle her north.

Jacobs found a job as a domestic servant in New York, but life in freedom was not without dangers. There was a fear that slave catchers, empowered by the Fugitive Slave Law, might track her down. She eventually moved on to Massachusetts, and in 1862, under the pen name Linda Brent, published a memoir, Incidents in the Live of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself. You can read the whole book, online for free at...
http://history1800s.about.com/od/slaver ... atives.htm

Daily Life on a Colonial Plantation, 1709-11


He wrote his diary in a secret code - an archaic form of shorthand known only to the most educated of his day. Because it was encoded, he was confident that no one would ever read his revealing portrait of the world he lived in. He was wrong. It took over 300 years, but in 1939 his code was cracked and the observations of William Byrd II became known to all. Because he never intended it to be read by others, his diary gives us an unvarnished view of life on a colonial plantation in the early 18th century.

William Byrd II was born in Virginia in 1674 but was soon taken to England where he was educated. He remained there until his father's death in 1704. He returned to the colony and took over the management of Westover, the family plantation on the James River. He became an influential member of the Virginia aristocracy and was appointed to the colony's Council of State in 1708. He owned vast amounts of land (approximately 179,000 acres) and numerous plantations. He founded two cities - Richmond and Appomattox - on his land. He died in 1744. Read his accounts for free at .....
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/colo ... tation.htm

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Another 'free to read' online book all about the slave plantations on Tobago and the results of historical digs there.
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00003595/00001

This prompted me into doing a bit of research myself.

Castara Estate, Tobago, 1st January 1824
Annual Return of Plantation Slaves.
The return of John Imary (Manager) for the plantation called Castara in the parish of St. John, Tobago, for the toatal number of slaves or attached thereto, or usually worked or employed thereon, a distinct and true account of all Births and Deaths thereon, and of all other additions to, or deductions from the stock of slaves from whatever cause, between the first day of January 1823 and the first day of January 1824.
MALES 147 FEMALES 176

Increase by Births.
Males.
Jamie. Black. Born 18th January 1823. Mother Kate.
Phipps. Black. Born 26th February 1823. Mother Mayea.
Peter. Black. Born 27th April 1823. Mother Punafs.
Sam. Black. Born 29th July 1823. Mother Lavinia.

Females
Ellen. Black. Born 16th January 1823. Mother Judy.
Kitty. Black. 20th January 1823. Mother Molly.
Polly. Black. Born 9th February 1823. Mother Amelia.
Rosamond. Black. Born 24th May 1823. Mother Dido.

Decrease by Deaths.
Males.
Blunt. Black. Died 22nd February 1823 of Necrasis? (Hard to read).
Old Chapman. Black. Died 10th April 1823 of Measles.
Dixon. Black. Died 22nd April 1823 of Measles.
Winn. Black. Died 29th May 1823 of Fever.
Townsend. Black. Died 22nd September 1823 of Apoplexy.

Females.
Bana.Black. Died 25th January 1823, stung by a Scorpion.
Janet. Black. Died 19th February 1823 of Measles.
Kitty. Black. Died 17th March 1823 of Convulsions.
Old Lucy. Died 20th March 1823 of the Flux.
Jenny Neale (could be O'Neale, hard to read). Died 19th April 1823 of Locked Jaw.
Sally. Black. Died 15th July 1823, lost in the sea.
Amba. Black. Died 18th July 1823 of Quinsy.
Old Queen. Black. Died 4th August 1823 of old age.
Old Belinda. Black. Died 8th August 1823 of liver complaint.
Tibby. Black. Died 30th August 1823 of the Flux.
Love African. Black. Died 15th October 1823 of a bowel complaint.

Decrease by Manumission
(Given their freedom. Usually in the case of the 'Master' dying or a benevolent gesture on his part or payment by the slave of their worth.)
Robert George and Nelly. Colour, Mestee? 18th January 1823.

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Golden Grove Plantation, Tobago in the year 1819.

Original Return of Plantation Slaves.
The original return of the Honorable John Robley for the Plantation called Golden Grove in the Parish of Saint Patrick for the total number of slaves belonging or attached thereto, or usually worked or employed thereon and on the neighbouring Estate called Friendship in the said Parish.

Males.
Aaron. Colour, Black. 58 years old. Place of origin, African. Usual employment, Chops Grass.
Adam. Black. 34. African. Mason.
Alfred. Black. 50. African. Watchman.
Archey. Black. 30. Creole. Field & Carter.
Atlas. Black. 53. African. Watchman.
Adonis. Black. 53. African. Watchman.
Anderson. Black. 45. African. Field.
Alexis. Yellow skin. 47. African. Field & Boiler.
Abraham. Black. 15. Creole. Field.
Alfred. Black. 15. Creole. Field.
Augustus. Black. 14. Creole. Field.
Africa. Black. 15. Creole. Field.
Alexander. Black. 10. Creole. Field.
Alder. Black. 9. Creole. Field.
Archey. Black. 8. Creole. Field.
Andrew. Black. 7. Creole. Field.
Aberdeen. Black. 2. Creole. Infant.
Ben. Yellow skin. 29. African. Mill Carpenter.
Brown. Black. 30. Creole. Field.
Baptiste. Black. 60. African. Watchman.
Ben. Black. 60. African. Watchman.
Barry. Black. 62. African. Field & Boiler.
Barbadoes. Black. 54. African. Watchman.
Barbadoes. Black. 30. Creole. Field & Carter.
Brush. Black. 60. African. Watchman.
Ben. Black. 55. African. Jobber.
Brutus. Black. 55. African. Watchman.
Buck. Black. 25. Creole. Field.
Ben. Black. 24. Creole. Groom.
Berwick. Black. 19. Creole. Field.
Barry. Black. 19. Creole. Field.
Blue. Black. 19. Creole. Field & Cart.
Benny. Black. 17. Creole. Field.
Benedict. Black. 10. Creole. Domestic.
Billy. Black. 10. Creole. Coopers Apprentice.
Baptiste. Black. 9 Creole. Field.
Bennett. Black. 8. Creole. Field.
Bob. Black. 2 months. Creole. Infant.
Bishop. Black. 1 month. Creole. Infant.
Cesar. Black. 35. Creole. Mason.
Collin. Black. 45. African. Field.
Cork. Black. 61. African. No work. Invalided.
Cuffy. Black. 61. African. Watch & Gardener.
Carelton. Black. 51. African. Jobber.
Chance. Black. 30. Creole. No work.
Captain. Black. 20. Creole. Domestic.
Charley. Black. 19. Creole. Coopers Apprentice.
Cato. Black. 12. Creole. Carpenters Apprentice.
Creole. Black. 11. Creole. Mason'e Apprentice.
Cudjae. Black. 4. Creole. Infant.
Charles. Black. 2 months. Creole. Infant.
Daniel. Black. 39. African. Field.
Dick. Black. 28. Creole. Field.
Dillion. Black. 28. Creole. Field.
Dixon. Black. 25. Creole. Domestic.
Dimond. Black. 23. Creole. Field & Cart.
Donald. Black. 23. Creole. Field & Cart.
Duffie. Black. 10. Creole. Field.
Dublin. Black. 8. Creole. Field.
Douglas. Black. 2. Creole. Infant.
Fortune. Black. 63. African. Watch.
Forster. Black.70. African. Watch.
Fortune. Black. 22. Creole. Field.
Friday. Black. 28. Creole. Field.
Falstaff. Black. 12. Creole. Field.
Frank. Black. 9. Creole. Pasture Boy.
Frederick. Mulatto. 1. Creole. Infant.
Guy. Yellow skin. 68. African. Watch.
George. Mulatto. 15. Creole. Carpenters Apprentice.