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"Mapping the 'Unfortunate Exiles'" displays the routes either taken by refugees or recommended to them in the archive. By hovering over each line on the embedded map in Omeka, viewers can see the direction of refugee routes, the dates, and the…

In this proclamation, the Governor of Jamaica prohibits traders from either landing themselves or landing enslaved peoples on the island without special licenses. Free people of color and free black people from Saint-Domingue are not permitted to…

In his supporting memoir, Paul-Augustin Cambefort discusses the deportations (including his own) following the arrival of new commissioners for the island in 1789. Cambefort explains his unwavering loyalty to France and his revulsion to the…

Page and Brulley (Commissaires of Saint-Domingue) provide a response to Cambefort'sMémoire Justificatif. Page and Brulley explain how Cambefort's explication against his own deportation is not sound. Cambefort must be deported to quell…

In this circular, Edmond Charlest Genêt (French minister to the United States) expresses his concerns about the "secret views" of Saint-Domingue refugees. Under the guise of helplessness, Genêt claims that these refugees have successfully infiltrated…

Mr. Marex offers discounted rates for fellow Saint-Domingue refugees at his boarding house and restaurant, Caffe du Commerce.

Transcription:

Le Sieur Marex
Tenant de Caffe du Commerce, Pension & Table d'Hote, a la Francoise

A L'Honneur…

The Baltimore Relief Committee announces that the $3000 allocated to assist Saint-Domingue refugees has been exhausted. Personal applications to the government are being received but cannot be fulfilled. Committee members urge the refugees to board…

Passport for Jean-Baptiste Drouillard and his family to enter Port Républicain, Saint-Domingue. Drouillard is a native from and former plantation owner in Saint-Domingue. Since August 18, 1797, he had been living in Philadelphia.

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Congressional act permitting legal entry for Saint-Domingue refugees expelled from Cuba into the United States with their enslaved peoples. This act provides a legal exception to the 1808 international slave trade ban. This act also details a…

Baptismal record for Luce, an enslaved Black child, born October 30, 1808, baptized December 30, 1809 at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Luce is enslaved to Marguerite Choller, a free mulatresse and plantation owner from…

Baptismal record for Françoise Courtin, born July 1809, baptized January 1, 1810 at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Françoise, her parents, and her priest are from Saint-Domingue, while her godparents are listed as residents of Cuba. …

This document details opposing views in the October 4, 1811 Cortes session about property formerly owned by Saint-Dominguans. Mr. Mexía wants to sell the properties for cash, while Mr. Jàuregui wants to wait and defer the decision to the justice…