1767-Feb. (approx.): An enslaved English man named Jacques, belonging to the merchant M.

1767-Feb. (approx.): An enslaved English man named Jacques, belonging to the merchant M. Vauga, was listed as a runaway in the busy urban center of Cap-Français. He was joined in the fugitive registries by Perrine, a woman of the Mina nation, and Medor, a Tiamba man belonging to M. Bailly. Urban marronnage was particularly difficult for colonial authorities to police due to the high mobility and density of the capital city’s population. These diverse ethnic identifications highlight the cosmopolitan but brutal nature of the labor force sustaining the colony’s commercial heart.