The 8 January 1830 notice listed people who had escaped from Cayenne, Macouria, Mont-Sinéry, and other districts, including Bomba, Delphine, Boudiou, and François. The colonial newspaper framed them through ownership and identifying descriptions. The entries show that marronnage continued in different forms, including individual flight, family or group escape, and return to the woods after forced labor.
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Why are the 1830 escape notices historically valuable when read critically?
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The notices reveal both repeated resistance and the surveillance apparatus used to suppress it.
Escape notices continued to appear in 1830, showing that resistance persisted.
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The official newspaper notices compiled by the CTG name multiple escape cases in early 1830.