Plantation Ross (Peter Fairbairn)
Plantation Ross, on the west sea coast of Berbice, was formed from what had been plantations Ross, Brahan, Kingillie and Britannia. A spreadsheet detailing the slaves names etc is available for download from the library page of this site.
There were 138 slaves, as follows:
Male 78
Female 60
African-born 87
Creole 51
Black 132
Coloured 6
47 of the slaves were aged 16 or under, all of these born in Berbice, including the 6 'coloured' children.
Occupations:
None | 26 |
Light work | 21 |
Domestic | 11 |
Field work | 57 |
Carpenter | 5 |
Boat carpenter | 1 |
Stock keeper | 6 |
Nurse | 2 |
Driver | 2 |
Jobbing | 2 |