| (40) |
|
[1st. April |
| collected in the Island by general enquiry in
every parish: which is very practicable by a Small alteration
in the quarterly Returns given in to the vestry by each proprietor
- at present these returns give the total number of Negroes,
without specification of Ages or Sexes. |
| Q. What is the average
value of a Country born Negro negro man and worman? And what
the Average value of an imported Negro Man and woman? |
| A. The answer must
consist of several parts |
| 1st. The price per head now paid
to the African merchant for able men. |
| £62. to £65. Jamaica Currency / 140
p[er] Cent. |
| D[itt]o women £60. to £63. Currency. |
| D[itt]o Boys 55 to 60. Currency. |
| D[itt]o Girls 53 to 58. Currency. |
Those |
TEPHEN FULLER EXAMINATION, PRICE OF SLAVES
1788] |
Stephen Fuller |
(41) |
| Those New Negroes must necessarily be of inferior
value, because they enter into a new Climate, and perhaps change
of Diet; are unfit for immediate Labour; unacquainted with Tools,
or Implements of work, or the manner of performing it; have
every thing to learn and - earn nothing. |
| 2nd The price per head of able
Field Native Negro |
| Men £80
to £100 Currency. |
| D[itt]o Women 75
to 85 Currency. |
| Carpenters |
} |
140 to 300
|
Head |
Drivers |
£120 |
to |
£150 |
| Millwrigh [sic] |
} |
|
Boilers |
100 |
to |
120 |
| Coppersmith |
} |
|
Mulemen |
100 |
|
|
| Wheelwright |
} |
120 to 200
|
|
Cattlemen |
100 |
|
|
| Cooper |
} |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sawyer |
} |
|
Smiths, Coopers, |
} |
£100 to
£200
|
| Distiller |
} |
|
Coppersmiths, |
} |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Carpenters, |
} |
| Wainman |
|
120 |
to |
140 |
|
Millwrights |
} |
| Blacksmith |
|
140 |
to |
200 |
|
Wheelwrights |
} |
| Bricklayer |
|
140 |
to |
200 |
|
Joiners Brickmakers |
} |
| Midwife |
|
150 |
to |
200 |
|
Masons Blacksmiths |
} |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Doctors |
} |
| Inferior prices |
{Superannuated |
Men and Women |
|
|
5 |
to |
40 |
| { |
Youths of
both Sexes |
|
|
60 |
to |
80 |
| { |
Infants |
£5 |
to |
20 |
to |
30 |
|
