SAINT-DOMINGUE. P.S. by M. Raboteau, Léogane February 10, 1788; 25-page folio.
Interesting document on the operation of a sugar mill and an indigoterie.
"Compte que rend que Ml Raboteau habitant à Léogane, de la régie des habitations de feu Monsieur le Président Pascal, l'une située au Fond des Negres établie en sucrerie, l'autre à Aquin en indogoterie", from April 21, 1786 to December 6, 1787, to M. de Pressac, Marquis de Cadillac, father and administrator of the property of his children, heirs of President Pascal. Detailed account of receipts and expenses, stamped and signed by the Marquis de Cadillac in Bordeaux on April 25, 1788.
This is followed by an account of the "Slaves of the dwelling of Aquin" and then of that of "Fond des Negres", amounting in April 1786 to 149 "both Negres and Negresses Negrillons and Negrillonnes", with details of four births and three deaths, i.e. 150 slaves as of December 8, 1787; similarly, for the "bêtes cavalines", mules and horned animals.
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SAINT-DOMINGUE. P.S. by M. Raboteau, Léogane February 10, 1788; 25-page folio. Interesting document on the operation of a sugar mill and an indigoterie. "Compte que rend que Ml Raboteau habitant à Léogane, de la régie des habitations de feu Monsieur le Président Pascal, l'une située au Fond des Negres établie en sucrerie, l'autre à Aquin en indogoterie", from April 21, 1786 to December 6, 1787, to M. de Pressac, Marquis de Cadillac, father and administrator of the property of his children, heirs of President Pascal. Detailed account of receipts and expenses, stamped and signed by the Marquis de Cadillac in Bordeaux on April 25, 1788. This is followed by an account of the "Slaves of the dwelling of Aquin" and then of that of "Fond des Negres", amounting in April 1786 to 149 "both Negres and Negresses Negrillons and Negrillonnes", with details of four births and three deaths, i.e. 150 slaves as of December 8, 1787; similarly, for the "bêtes cavalines", mules and horned animals.

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Result
€4,500
Buyer's premium
30%
SAINT-DOMINGUE. P.S. by M. Raboteau, Léogane February 10, 1788; 25-page folio. Interesting document on the operation of a sugar mill and an indigoterie. "Compte que rend que Ml Raboteau habitant à Léogane, de la régie des habitations de feu Monsieur le Président Pascal, l'une située au Fond des Negres établie en sucrerie, l'autre à Aquin en indogoterie", from April 21, 1786 to December 6, 1787, to M. de Pressac, Marquis de Cadillac, father and administrator of the property of his children, heirs of President Pascal. Detailed account of receipts and expenses, stamped and signed by the Marquis de Cadillac in Bordeaux on April 25, 1788. This is followed by an account of the "Slaves of the dwelling of Aquin" and then of that of "Fond des Negres", amounting in April 1786 to 149 "both Negres and Negresses Negrillons and Negrillonnes", with details of four births and three deaths, i.e. 150 slaves as of December 8, 1787; similarly, for the "bêtes cavalines", mules and horned animals.
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