Jan 30, 2015 · Antigua and Barbuda Slavery. Special slave censuses were kept in the early 1800s. They are held at The National Archives (Kew, England). Slaves are identified by given name under their masters. If you can identify your ancestor's master, this source will prove of tremendous value to your research. Ancestry.com digitized these records:

ANTIGUA Slave Dungeons . Two remain in Antigua today, one at Orange Valley, St. Mary�s and the other at Parson Maules, an estate... Liberta Village . The ex-slaves in the neighbourhood bought up all the little freeholds with eagerness, as it was their... Dockyard . Black masons and workmen had also ...

Dec 18, 2019 · The transatlantic slave trade was abolished in 1807. But on Antigua it wasn’t banned until 1834, when 30,000 people were emancipated. The island remained mostly under British rule until 1981. Advocates for reparations argue slavery’s impacts are long lasting.

Mar 25, 2015 · The biggest documented source of African ethnicity among Antiguans doesn’t come from the official slave registers kept in between 1817-1832 because regrettably no records of country of birth were made then unlike the ones discussed already for Trinidad, Berbice, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Anguilla (see this overview ).

The crown granted the island to the Codrington family in 1685. It was planned as a slave-breeding colony but never became one; the slaves who were imported came to live self-reliantly in their own community. The emancipation in 1834 of slaves, who had been employed on the profitable sugar estates, gave rise to difficulties in obtaining labour.

Feb 24, 2015 · St. John’s (population 22,342) is the capital of the Eastern Caribbean twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua, the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands, covers 108 square miles. Barbuda, a flat coral island with an area of only 68 square miles, lies approximately 30 … Read MoreSt. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda (1632- )