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The Royal Indemnity Report for the white settlers of Saint Domingue who have lost their colonial property after the black revolution of 1791-1803 (État détaillé des liquidations opérées par la Commission chargée de répartir l'indemnité attribuée aux anciens colons de Saint-Domingue) generally includes the following informations about the former owners of plantations and other kinds of colonial real estate:
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Parish (Saint Domingue) |
N° 2: Fort Dauphin |
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Name/s of the owner |
Collet, Claude |
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Names of his/her successor/s |
Comte de DAMAS, Réné-Adolphe, only heir of his maternal ancestor, former owner |
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Real estate/colonial enterprise |
1. Sugar plantation 2. Food plantation |
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Name of the enterprise |
1. Collet 2. idem |
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Address (town houses) |
- |
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Location within the parish |
Saint-Joseph Acul de samedi |
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8 |
10% of the estimated value in 1789 (counted in Francs) |
125.819,67 |
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9 |
Source: |
État détaillé des liquidations opérées par la Commission chargée de répartir l'indemnité attribuée aux anciens colons de Saint-Domingue, en exécution de la loi du 30 avril 1826, Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1828-1834, Vol. 2, p. 10-11. |
For many French settlers of Saint Domingue, other sources provide further biographical details such as the membership in a Masonic lodge or in the veterans order "Chevaliers de Saint Louis", official functions in the colony or in France, the regional origin/place of birth, places of residence in France, political activities after 1789 etc.
The research service Domingino makes the above mentioned informations available to its customers (Indemnity Report (N° 1-8) and further biographical data as far as available).
Price per person (file): 18 € (resp. 25 US-$).
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