Jupiter Pompadour
Jupiter Pompadour | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | slave |
| Known for | owned by a senior official in Upper Canada |
Jupiter Pompadour was Canadian slave, held in bondage, in Upper Canada.[1]
Jupiter was owned by Peter Russell, a senior administrator, in Upper Canada.[2] Jupiter's mother, Peggy Pompadour, was also a slave of Russell, while his father had been a slave, in the nascent USA, who won his freedom by escaping and fighting with the British during the American Revolution.[1] His father was also employed by Russell.
The record shows Russell made multiple attempts to sell Peggy and Jupiter, who were disobedient, and ran away.[2][1] The record shows Russell had both of them held in jail, as a punishment. It shows he was tied up and left in one of Russell's storerooms when Jupiter was only 13. It shows Russell tried to sell him, when he was 15.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Don Rojas (2020-08-06). "'So much to learn': The untold stories of slavery in Canada". Caribbean Reparations Commission. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
Court records show that both Peggy and her son Jupiter were held in jail as a form of discipline that was common in urban centres, said Henry. At the age of 13, Jupiter was tied up in a storehouse as punishment. On more than one occasion, Russell attempted to sell Peggy in efforts to separate her from her children.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Peggy (fl. 1766–1827)". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2025-03-08. Retrieved 2025-03-10.