Brechin Castle Estates, [Trinidad] Partially Printed Document, August 1827
African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 2, Folder 22a]
Brechin Castle Estates JOURNAL, August 1827. NEGROES. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Children Total. Increase This Month. Males. Females. ___ ____ ________ _____ ____ ________ ____ ___________________ ______ _________ In the Fields 5 7 3 2 .. 17 About the Works 1 .. .. .. .. 1 None On Different Jobs 3 .. .. .. .. 3 House Servants 1 1 .. 1 .. 3 Coopers .. .. .. .. .. .. Carpenters 1 .. .. .. .. 1 Masons .. .. .. .. .. .. Boatmen .. .. .. .. .. .. Watchmen 3 .. .. .. .. 3 DECREASE THIS MONTH. Nurses .. 3 .. .. .. 3 Pregnant Women .. .. .. .. .. .. In the Hospital 11 3 .. .. .. 14 In the Yaw House .. .. .. .. .. .. Invalids and Aged 1 2 .. .. .. 3 Children under twelve years .. .. .. .. 7 7 Absent .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 16 3 3 7 55 None .. .. PRODUCE ACCOUNT. SUGAR. RUM SUGAR. RUM. Hhds. Puns. Gallons. Hhds. Puns. Gallons. Made up to last Month .. .. .. Accounted for to last Month .. .. .. Made this Month .. .. .. Taken to fill up this Month .. .. .. Delivered this Month .. .. .. On Hand .. .. .. Total from 1st January .. .. .. the huncheon of rum mentioned in my last return is kept for Estates use - for the slaves LIVE STOCK ACCOUNT. Sheep Horses. Mules Bulls. Cows. Oxen. Calves asses Sheep Horses. Mules Bulls. Cows. Oxen. Calves asses To No. from last Month . 2 25 .. .. 5 3 By deaths from old age .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. By No. card. to next Month .. 2 24 .. .. 5 3 . 2 25 .. .. 5 3 .. 2 25 .. .. 5 3 Acres of Canes in Cultivation 80 N.B. Acres of Canes cut this Month none Planted this Month .. 80 Acres of Plaintains 5 Planted this Month .. 5
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- African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 2, Folder 22a]
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- Brechin Castle Estates, [Trinidad] Partially Printed Document, August 1827
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- Brechin Castle Estates
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- [Trinidad]
- 1827 August
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- partially printed manuscript
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- "Brechin Castle Estates Journal." Overseer's report for a sugarcane plantation, detailing information on slaves, plantation production, livestock, articles received and delivered, a white worker, and general observations on slave health, weather, and sugar cane cultivation. Accounts for the 55 enslaved men, women, boys, girls, and children, and details the location and type of their labor. Includes a note about retaining some rum "for Estates use – for the slaves." Details number of acres of sugarcane and plantains under cultivation. Comments on illnesses, including dysentery, sores, and fevers, and mentions one elderly man who is believed to be faking sickness. "Teddy has been since June last in the hospital the Doctor Can see nothing the matter with him but Laziness to move about, and this I am obliged to Indulge him with on consequence of his old age."
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"Brechin Castle Estates, [Trinidad] Partially Printed Document, August 1827." In the digital collection African American and African Diaspora Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865). https://name.umdl.umich.edu/africanamer.0002.22a. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2025.