Janvier, based on comp list.
Gender: male
Race: black
Birthplace: Louisiana Creole
Age (when this record was documented): 25.0
Other comments: Name&details from comp list.Shot in front of his master's house,unclear by which side. House & kitchen bldg worth $1,000 burned down.Alex Labranche,3 slaves,2 maron before revolt, 1 killed during revolt, 2 named. Listed on census of slaves killed during
Selling Information
Name of the Seller: Alexandre Labranche
Grouping: sold or inventoried as an individual
Currency of Inventory: US dollar = 1p
Inventory Value: 1200
Document: Information of the document that these records were retrieved.
Document Location: St. Charles (old German Coast)
Document Date: 1811-01-18
Coder (person that encoded this record: Gwendolyn Hall
Type of document:
Any documents involving maroons, including reports of runaways, interrogation of caputred runaways,
and testimony by slaves about runaways:
no
Language: French
Is this document of linguistic interest?:
no
Is this inventory or sale of an estate of a free person of African descent?:
no
Skill and Trade Information
Skills and Occupations: commander
Skill: commander, commandeur, mayoral, majordomo, Plantation manager, Driver.
Was this slave good at his/her primary skill?:
yes
Personality
Family Information
Was this slave inventoried with his/her mother?:
no
Was this slave sold with his/her mother?:
no
Importation Information
Was this slave being emancipated?:
no
Slave listed as dead?:
yes