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Louis La Grenade

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1808

Biography

Free man of colour, slave-owner, entrepreneur and politician Grenada. La Grenade liqueur, produced by De La Grenade Industries, is made according to a recipe reportedly handed down from him. His tomb is on Morne Jaloux. See also the entry for 'Lewis Granad.'


Sources

http://www.delagrenade.com/sibyl.php [accessed 22/02/2018]; https://oas.org/dsd/IABIN/Component1/ReefFix/Grenada%20Feb25-26.09/Jessamy%20Overview%20of%20Grenada.pdf [accessed 22/02/2018]; Edward L. Cox, Free coloreds in the slave societies of St Kitts and Grenada, 1763-1833 (Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 1984) p. 61.

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1780 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Owner
Lot 47, St Patrick [ Grenada | St Patrick ]

Given as 'Lewis Granad'

- 1808 [EY] → Owner
Morne Jaloux Estate [ Grenada | St George ]

Relationships (1)

Louis La Grenade
Father → Son
Louis La Grenade II
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