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"Inventaire des trois habitations et dépendances de Monsieur Faure de présent en France gérées ci-devant par M. Remand et par procuration ils remis en ce jour a Pierre Faure, neveu", 1763 May 22-30
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of a detailed ten-page inventory and statement of the condition of enslaved laborers, equipment, livestock, and crops on François Faure's Saint-Domingue coffee plantation. The inventory was conducted by Faure's nephew Pierre Faure and M. Fauquet, who managed the estate during his absence. The document lists enslaved men, women, and children (referred to as "négrittes") on the plantation, as well as those who escaped from bondage (referred to as "nègres marrons"), including information about their names, ages, places of origin, and ethnicities. The list includes people from various locations and ethnic groups in Africa, including those from the Bight of Benin region, the Congo, Senegal, and other parts of West Africa, including people from the African Yoruba and Mandé language groups. Nation labels given to those on the list include "Tiamba," "Arada," "Congo," "Nago," "Ibo," "Tapa," "Senegal," "Bambara," "Mandiga," and "Minan," and others are described as "Creole." The inventory indicates which enslaved people were working, sick or injured, or had escaped; it also lists children born to enslaved women during François Faure's absence. Additionally, the inventory contains an account of the quantity of coffee produced on the plantation, the state and condition of the coffee bushes, as well as of furniture, equipment, buildings, and livestock, including mules and horses, on the plantation.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2017 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kelly Bolding in September 2017. Finding aid written by Kelly Bolding in September 2017.
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Open for research.
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"Inventaire des trois habitations et dépendances de Monsieur Faure de présent en France gérées ci-devant par M. Remand et par procuration ils remis en ce jour a Pierre Faure, neveu"; Faure Family Coffee Plantation Correspondence and Inventory, C1576, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-001074
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- Bibliography
Sources consulted in the creation of this finding aid include: Bulletin de la Société archéologique de Touraine, Volume 34 (1966). Retrieved from http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6551244z Force, Pierre. Wealth and Disaster: Atlantic Migrations From a Pyrenean Town in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Leveel, Pierre. Histoire de Touraine et d'Indre-et-Loire. Chambray-lès-Tours: C.L.D., 1988. Zinna, Alison. "Haitian Marronnage: Voyages and Resistance." Retrieved from https://sites.duke.edu/marronnagevoyages/