| Irish slave owners, Montserrat Caribbean - "the children just disappeared" Doc on One: Sugar and the Blue-Eyed Slave 100,000 - 150,000 - 250,000 persons, age 8 to 16. The planters wanted the girls and "bedwomen" were sold off the dock. Records Office, London. State papers. September 11, 1655. Letter to Oliver Cromwell's son, who seems to be head of the army, and his request for a supply of young girls and boys. ARTICLE: Rum and the African Slave Trade - The Currency of New England by Brenda Reynolds |  To Hell or Barbados (2001) by Sean O' Callaghan |