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Nanny Grigg: Key Individual In The Bussa Rebellion, 1816
Nanny Grigg
Place of Birth: Unknown
Placed of Death: Unknown
Killed by: Unknown
Family: None in record
Key individual in the Bussa Rebellion,1816
‘The only way to obtain freedom was to fight for it. Slave owners would never give up without a fight’ -Nanny Grigg
There is limited academic literature available about Nanny Grigg. Information available show she was a valued component in the Bussa’a Revolution,1816. Grigg belonged to the Simmons plantation where she held the position of a senior domestic house slave.
Nanny Grigg differs from ordinary slaves as she is valued as £130, a price unusually high for an enslaved
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