Encore une petite histoire de corsaires, Le 17 juillet 1798, à Gustavia, devant le notaire public Andrew BERGSTEDT, comparaît John DEDMORE, capitaine du sloop Suédois « Resolution » appartenant à Messieurs ROHL and HANSEN de cette île, marchands. Il indique avoir quitté… Lire la suite ›
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John GUMBS is a free man !
During the Swedish period in Gustavia, as a free coloured person, you could be asked to prove you were indeed free. If not able to do so, Police would put you in jail. One had a maximum of three months… Lire la suite ›
Hester ARRENDELL is a free woman
This little article might prove important (at least i hope so) to the ARRINDELL ARRENDEL ARRANDEL from Anguilla, especially if anybody is able to make the connection with the plantation « Stony Ground » and some ancestors with this last name. Hester,… Lire la suite ›