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Catalogue description Case of Rorey, an enslaved African at the Observatory Plantation charged with murder of...
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| Reference: | CO 101/25/34 |
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| Description: |
Case of Rorey, an enslaved African at the Observatory Plantation charged with murder of Peter, an enslaved African at Belmont Plantation; Transmits letter from Mr. Ninian Home, a member of Council, and Mr. John Castles, a Member of the Assembly of Grenada, before whom, as Justices of the Peace, Mathew writes a 'Negro belonging to Colonel Harry Gordon' was found guilty of murder; they recommend him as an object of mercy; recommended by 'several other very respectable Gentlemen in the Island'; Mathew recommends mercy due to 'good character he is represented to have always maintained; and having frequently rendered Services to the Colony, by his Activity & Vigilence in suppressing the Runaway Negroes.' Edward Mathew, Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 175 - 178. |
| Date: | 1784 July 24 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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