Césalpin leaves the Moulin-à-Vent habitation

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...

The archive transcription records Faustin leaving Cayenne on 25 September 1827. The notice labels him with a colonial-origin category and says he spoke Portuguese; those labels come from 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...

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...

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...

The law of 4 March 1831 strengthened the prohibition on the French slave trade and set penalties for fitting out or participating in trafficking voyages. Ending the legal trade did not end slavery...