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1767-Feb.

HT-AFAM-1767-000035

1767-Feb. (approx.): Telemaque, a man of the Nago nation branded with “CHARRIER” and “AU CAP,” fled from the service of M. Saint-Denis at Fort-Dauphin. Standing five feet tall, he was also branded on his left breast with the letters “NHL” as a permanent mark of his enslaved status. Simultaneously, a young Creole girl named Marie-Thérèse, aged 8 or 9, was arrested in the Limbé district while her Congo-born mother successfully escaped. This tragic separation illustrates the extreme risks families took in their attempts to secure liberty from the plantation regime.

Source  ·  HT-AFAM-1767-000035 Affiches Américaines, 4 Feb. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000035, HT-AFAM-1767-000036