Jamaica Slavery

Special slave censuses were kept in the early 1800s. They are held at The National Archives (Kew, England). Slaves are identified by given name under their masters. If you can identify your ancestor's master, this source will prove of tremendous value to your research. Ancestry.com digitized these records:

Online Resources

 * 1754: Excerpts from the Courant for June 22 to 29, 1754 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - contain the names of some runaway slaves or indentured servants, and information about them
 * 1760-1810: 1760-1810 Persons declared to be "white by law" or "free" (part 1) at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1760-1810: 1760-1810 Persons declared to be "white by law" or "free" (part 2) at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1788: Return of the number of White Inhabitants Free People of Colour and Slaves in the Island of Jamaica at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1812-1834: Slave Registers of Former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1822: Legacies of British Slave-ownership; identifies the names of slaveowners in Jamaica at the time of emancipation in 1833. (free database)
 * A Tale of Two Plantations: Enslaved Families in Virginia and Jamaica explores enslaved families at the Mesopotamia plantation in Jamaica.

Church Records of Enslaved Persons

 * 1804-1811: Roman Catholic baptisms of enslaved persons and free people of color in Kingston at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - in the "Spanish Chapel"
 * 1806: Baptisms of enslaved persons, St. Ann Parish Register 1 June 1806 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1806-1814: Baptisms of enslaved individuals and some free persons, St Ann Parish Register at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1810-1811: Baptisms 1810-1811, in the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1811-1834: Roman Catholic baptisms of enslaved persons and free people of color in Kingston at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - in Holy Trinity Church (July 1811 through May 1821, no acts recorded)
 * 1814-1817: Baptisms of enslaved persons in the Parish of Hanover, Jamaica at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1817: A return of slaves in the parish of Saint Ann in the possession of Hamilton Brown as owner on 28 June 1817 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - lists details of enslaved individuals

Transactions Involving Enslaved Persons

 * 1702-1787: Numbers of Slaves Shipped, 1702-1787 at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
 * 1787: Slaves in DuBourg Marriage Contract at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - lists names of 95 enslaved persons in the marriage contract
 * 1790: List of Slaves at Golden Grove at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - list of original enslaved persons on Golden Grove Estate as of 30 June 1790
 * 1790: 1790 Almanac at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - lists statistics of enslaved individuals
 * 1791: Enslaved persons on New Canaan Estate at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - lists abt 200 enslaved persons in a marriage contract as of 2 November 1791.
 * 1793: List of enslaved persons from the inventory of John Fowler at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - as of 14 January 1793
 * 1805: Deed 19 Sep 1805. Philip Levy Grantee to Henry Cerf at Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library - lists names of enslaved individuals transferred with the deed