CTG schedules the Sinnamary, Iracoubo, and Mana registers for public release

The Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane began a scheduled public release of civil records of enslaved people and marronnage declarations for 1834–1848. The schedule starts with Mapa, Oyapock, and...

The planned third release covers birth, marriage, and death records for enslaved people in the Cayenne Island and Montsinéry districts. These records make family relations more visible, although their...

The release calendar assigns the Tonnégrande and Tour-de-l’Île registers to the week beginning 18 May. By making local records accessible, the project supports research into enslaved people’s family...

The calendar assigns the city of Cayenne registers to the week beginning 25 May. The civil records can recover individual names and kinship ties from the archive, while requiring readers to...

The calendar assigns the Macouria and Kourou registers to the week beginning 1 June. They form part of a larger publication that includes civil-status records and marronnage notices. Making...

The territorial authority’s final scheduled release contains marronnage notices from 1821 to 1848. The notices document people who resisted enslavement by leaving plantations and communities of forced...

The territorial authority announced a conference on African women and men who were brought to Guiana under labor contracts after the 1848 abolition. The public event reflects a shift in historical...