Succinct Response from the Saint-Domingue Deputies, Regarding the Merchants of Sea Ports, Distributed in the Offices of the National Assembly, October 9, 1789

This response from the colonial deputies of Saint-Domingue is a reaction to a report published by French merchants that establishes the amount of grain, among other foodstuffs, necessary to nourish the entire French Empire.

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Repons kout depite Sendomeng yo konsènan lèt komèsan waf yo, repons sa te distribiye nan biwo asanble nasyonal la, nan 9 oktob 1789

October 9, 1789by bdegail

“Repons kout” depite kolonyal Sendomeng yo voye a se yon reyaksyon a yon rapò machann Franse yo te pibliye ki montre kantite grenn, pami lòt pwodwi alimantè ki nesesè pou nouri tout moun nan lanpi a.

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REPORT FOR Mr. PIERRE LESENS, ship Captain, presently in the city of Les Cayes, called before the Judge of the Admiralty Court of said city, on the date of the 7th of last February.

February 7, 1789by bdegail

This is an excerpt from a civil case against Pierre Lesens, the captain of the slave ship La Furieuse. Apart from the charges against Lesens, this report chronicles portions of the Middle Passage where captives were transported as slaves to various trading posts only to finally land in the colony of Saint-Domingue.

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A Colony in Crisis: The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789

Translated and curated primary sources from an episode in the history of Saint-Domingue

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Succinct Response from the Saint-Domingue Deputies, Regarding the Merchants of Sea Ports, Distributed in the Offices of the National Assembly, October 9, 1789

Repons kout depite Sendomeng yo konsènan lèt komèsan waf yo, repons sa te distribiye nan biwo asanble nasyonal la, nan 9 oktob 1789

REPORT FOR Mr. PIERRE LESENS, ship Captain, presently in the city of Les Cayes, called before the Judge of the Admiralty Court of said city, on the date of the 7th of last February.