[SAINT-DOMINGUE - NOLIVOS, Pierre Gédéon de (1714-1794), sla - Lot 161

[SAINT-DOMINGUE - NOLIVOS, Pierre Gédéon de (1714-1794), slave-owning planter, former governor of Guadeloupe (1765 to 1768), then of Saint-Domingue (1769 to 1772). He ended his life in Béarn]. Important testimony to slavery in Saint-Domingue. Very important register of purchases of approximately 236 slaves, with identity, country of origin, physical description (age, infirmities, markings, etc.) and price, for the sugar farm of M. de Nolivos. March 1787. Approx. 54 pp in-folio stapled with silk lakes Long lists structured by chapter: "Negrillons & negrittes, Grües"; "Negres"; "Negres etampés CNO", "Negresses"; "Negresses etampées CNO"; "negres achetés par le Sr Ango etampés VIC. NOL."; births of "negrillons" and "negrittes" on the plantation, etc. Next come operating utensils, animals, etc. Edifying document. MLL