Owners of Prize Blacks

This database includes the owners of individuals referred to as Prize Negroes, who were "rescued" from enemy vessels by the British. Rather than being granted freedom, these captives were placed under a 14-year "apprenticeship" of servitude.

National Archives of South Africa

Transcribed by Lara Seaward

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