Sukey alias Susannah [no surname given]

1791 - ????


Biography

Enslaved person living and working on Unity Valley Pen (Portland), Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay (q.v.) and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.

Sukey was 4 at the time of her manumission. Upon arriving in Philadelphia she was indentured for 14 years and instructed 'to be taught how to read and write, found in clothes, have freedom dues and to be paid $10 when free'. In his 1801 account Barclay recorded Sukey, aged 8, as 'still in place'.


Sources

David Barclay, An account of the emancipation of the slaves of Unity Valley Pen Jamaica (London, 1801). Available through Googlebooks: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FuRbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA6&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false


Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1795 [EY] → Enslaved

Pen owner David Barclay ordered manumission 1795.


Relationships (1)

Enslaved-manumitted → Previous owner
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David Barclay ordered manumission...