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*Tracing Your Roots > Caribbean > Slaves
* Owners 
 
The registers were not set up to record information on slave owners but information in the registers can be used for genealogical purposes:

  • Location of absent owners
  • Indication if the owner is deceased; if the owner died between registrations then the date can be approximated and church burial registers and tombstones checked for further information
  • Bequests of slaves to family members, often with the relationship
  • Inherited slaves from family member, often with relationship
  • Slaves were given to family members and the relationship is often given
  • On marriage slaves were often given to the newly weds - the term 'in right of marriage to' is often used. Also, the wife's slaves were usually transferred to the husband on marriage and the gift of a large number of slaves from a single woman may indicate a marriage
  • Minors could not register slaves in their own right and the register will indicate if the owner is a minor and name the legal guardian, who could be a parent or another relative
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Creators: Guy Grannum

 
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