Folder 6

Scope and Content From the Collection: Collection of 22 handwritten letters pertaining to potential sales of various plantations and holdings, including slaves, in St. Domingue (present-day Haiti). Accompanying the correspondence are inventories, legal agreements, and an account book. This material, dated 1779 to 1791, is an excellent source of information about the French colony in the decade leading up to the revolt by Black slaves in 1791. The letters reveal the desire of some plantation owners to sell because of the growing...