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1769-08-29

REGULATION of M. l’Intendant, concerning the nègres brought to France

Haitian

ALEXANDRE DE BONGARS, etc.

In consequence of the King’s orders addressed to us by the Dispatch of the Minister, dated at Versailles 13 March last, we have regulated and decreed as follows.

ART. I. No enslaved person shall henceforth be entered on the roll of Ships going to France, unless proof has been given that a sum of 4,500 liv. money of the Colony has been deposited with the Trésorier for each head of the enslaved, on the express condition of bringing the said enslaved person back within a period of 8 months, failing which the sum deposited shall be forfeited to the profit of His Majesty.

ART. II. The Officer of administration in charge of the Classes in each Quartier shall see to it that the Trésorier keeps a separate Register, in which shall be entered, in order of date and number, all the deposits received by him, according to the receipts he has given for them.

Source  ·  p. act 05:220 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 5) (1784-1790), p. act 05:220