Faustin leaves Cayenne

On 28 August 1822, Governor Pierre-Clément de Laussat suspended Pompée’s death sentence and asked the king to grant a pardon. The decision did not recognize the right of enslaved people to leave...

An ordinance of 9 April 1823 announced the royal pardon for Pompée. Although his life was spared, the pardon was not emancipation: colonial officials retained power over his fate and that of the other...

On 19 April 1823, administrator Baron Milius issued a detailed ordinance to regulate and punish marronnage. It required owners to report escapes, authorized armed pursuit, allowed shooting fugitives...

A colonial notice records Premier, described in the source as Creole and associated with Égérie, leaving Cayenne on 22 September 1827. The archive preserves an enslaver-facing report, not Premier’s...

The notice reports that Lindor, Germinal, and Glorieux left the Macouria habitation of Marchal together on 23 September 1827. Their shared flight is evidence of collective action, though the...

A notice names Jean-Noël, a Creole carpenter, as having left Cayenne on 26 September 1827. The craft detail indicates skilled work in the enslaved population; the notice itself chiefly served colonial...

The colonial notice records Césalpin leaving the Moulin-à-Vent habitation on 6 October 1827. The archive transcription reproduces the owner’s identifying description; this entry instead foregrounds...

Noël is recorded as leaving Cayenne on 7 October 1827. The notice was issued by the colonial administration at the request of an enslaver and includes personal identifying details, illustrating how...

César, Adonis, Vulcain, and La Fortune are named in a notice as having left the Quartier-Général habitation together on 18 October 1827. Their joint flight documents collective resistance; the...

The archive transcription records Pornic and Machecoul leaving the same habitation on 24 October 1827. The original notice classifies them using colonial-era categories; this account avoids treating...