Quashie alias George Barclay

Enslaved person living and working on Unity Valley Pen (Portland), Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay (q.v.) and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.

Quashie was 7 at the time of his manumission and listed as 'native of Jamaica'. Upon arriving in Philadelphia he was indentured for 14 years, taught to read and write and given 'freedom dues' and $10 when free. He was listed as having the 'alias George Barclay'. In 1801 Barclay wrote an account of the emancipation and the fortunes of the former enslaved now living in Philadelphia; Quashie was still an indentured servant.

David Barclay, An account of the emancipation of the slaves of Unity Valley Pen Jamaica (London, 1801). Available through Googlebooks: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FuRbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA6&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false