Record 42081 from 1826
Summary
This record provides information on the sets of annual garments provided to enslaved people.
Record Excerpt
—What clothing do you give your slaves every year? A woollen jacket and trousers, one shirt of check and another of red baise, with a pair of sheeting trousers and a hat; every second year, they have a blanket. To the women, I give a woollen petticoat and a long wrapper, two shifts, a handkerchief and a hat; blankets the same as the men
Source: Trinidad negroes. Return to an address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 12th June 1827; for extracts from the minutes of evidence taken by the committee of the council of Trinidad, for enquiring into the negro character. House of Commons. 1826
Item Metadata
Primary Textile Types: Handkerchief
Secondary Textile Types: No secondary textile types available.
Primary Subjects: Black Consumers
Secondary Subjects: No secondary subjects available.
Keywords: Enslavement, Dress & Fashion
Circulation: Consumption
Source type: Primary Source (Archival): Manuscript
Year: 1826
Reference: Trinidad negroes. Return to an address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 12th June 1827; for extracts from the minutes of evidence taken by the committee of the council of Trinidad, for enquiring into the negro character. House of Commons. 1826
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