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Copy of the Record Book of the slave trials of St. Andrew Jamaica from 17 March 1746 to 16 Dec. 1782

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Copy of the Record Book of the slave trials of St. Andrew Jamaica from 17 March 1746 to 16 Dec. 1782
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Enclosure in Metcalfe to Russell No 51, CO 137/248
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05/04/1840
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having nurtured in her possession [illegible] relative to the practice of obeah or witchcraft

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