Hi Beverly,
Johnny Jumper was just one of many names given to black slave drivers on Sugar Plantations. The term far as I know may have been Irish in origin:
"I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up After drinking a quart of the Johnny Jump Up"
Or maybe not. It was not a general term, but it was used by Slave Owner, Thomas Thistlewood in his journals, which was a huge resource for my book.
Marlon
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Johnny Jumpers
Hi Beverly,
Johnny Jumper was just one of many names given to black slave drivers on Sugar Plantations. The term far as I know may have been Irish in origin:
"I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
After drinking a quart of the Johnny Jump Up"
Or maybe not. It was not a general term, but it was used by Slave Owner, Thomas Thistlewood in his journals, which was a huge resource for my book.
Marlon