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Recensement général de la Plaine et des Mornes …

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[SLAVERY]. [SAINT-DOMINGUE] Recensement général de la Plaine et des Mornes de la paroisse Saint-Joseph du fond de l'Isle-à-vache, 1776. Manuscript document, on paper, in French, 12 ff. Dimensions: 460 x 300 mm. A table lists the names of the inhabitants, women and children, the "quantity of negroes" and the "quantity of exempts".

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[SLAVERY]. [SAINT-DOMINGUE] Recensement général de la Plaine et des Mornes de la paroisse Saint-Joseph du fond de l'Isle-à-vache, 1776. Manuscript document, on paper, in French, 12 ff. Dimensions: 460 x 300 mm. A table lists the names of the inhabitants, women and children, the "quantity of negroes" and the "quantity of exempts".

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