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7b) 1791
Month (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Totals
19
Totals
minus (g+h)
Jan 64 4 4 7 13 2 6 0 142 136
Feb 60 4 4 7 12 4 3 0 142 139
Mar 60 4 4 7 12 2 5 0 141 136
Apr na na na na na na na na na na
May 60 4 4 7 13 2 3 0 142 139
June 60 4 4 7 12 0 3 0 142 139
July 58 4 4 7 13 0 5 0 141 136
Aug 58 4 4 7 13 2 0 0 141 141
Sep 58 4 4 7 13 2 0 0 141 141
Oct 58 4 4 7 13 2 3 0 139 136
Nov 59 4 4 7 13 2 3 1 139 135
Dec 58 4 4 7 13 0 5 1 139 133
Note: The enslaved population numbered 162 on 1 January and 154 on 31 December 1787; 142 on 1
January and 139 on 31 December 1791.
Key:
(a) In the field and about the works.
(b) Tradesmen.
(c) Stock-keepers.
(d) Watchmen and rat catchers.
(e) Small gang, mostly children.
(f) Different jobs (miscellaneous).
(g) In the hot house/suffering from yaws.
(h) Runaways
Source: Barclays Group Archive, 0627-0019, Prospect Plantation Journals.