De Bordes family papers : miscellaneous letters, 1794-1798.
The papers of the De Bordes family and some related persons pertain to landholdings and the operation of sugar and coffee plantations principally in Haiti, to slave insurrections and the confiscation and destruction of property by the insurrectionists, and to some aspects of the life of refugees in...
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| Language: | English |
| Series: | Slavery, abolition & social justice.
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| Summary: | The papers of the De Bordes family and some related persons pertain to landholdings and the operation of sugar and coffee plantations principally in Haiti, to slave insurrections and the confiscation and destruction of property by the insurrectionists, and to some aspects of the life of refugees in New Orleans.</p><p>These papers are letters from Jamaica, Haiti and the United States. They include an act of sale of a plantation, 12th March 1794, signed by Jean-Marie de Bordes and a letter signed by the mayor of Grande Rivi re, 26th March 1797. One letter includes a plan of landholdings. In French. |
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