Slave Abstracts: Congo & Arsene

Congo
Gender: female Race: black Birthplace: Congo
Age (when this record was documented): 48.0Other comments: Previous owner is Laserac Selling Information Name of the Seller: Juan Bautista Bienvenu
Name of the Buyer: Pedro St. Martin Grouping: sold or inventoried as an individualSelling Currency: pSelling Value: 30Selling Value: 30Document: Information of the document that these records were retrieved.Document Location: Orleans (including Chapitoulas).[Jefferson 1825]Document Date: 1781-05-10Document Number (from the document): 376Notary Name: MazangeDate of Sale: 17810510Type of document: Any documents involving maroons, including reports of runaways, interrogation of caputred runaways, and testimony by slaves about runaways: no Language: SpanishIs 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 InformationPersonalityFamily InformationWas this slave inventoried with his/her mother?: no Was this slave sold with his/her mother?: no Importation InformationLanguage group of Africans: : Benue-CongoWas this slave being emancipated?: no Slave listed as dead?: no

Arsene
Gender: female Race: black Birthplace: Congo
Age (when this record was documented): 24.0 Selling Information Name of the
Seller: Cecile (FREE BLACK) St. Martin Name of the Buyer: Christine Pierre Conway (FREE BLACK)Grouping: sold or inventoried as an individualSelling Currency: DSelling Value: 1000Selling Value: 1000Document: Information of the document that these records were retrieved.Document Location: Orleans (including Chapitoulas).[Jefferson 1825]Document Date: 1819-07-12Document Number (from the document): 514Notary Name: Phillippe PedasclauxCoder (person that encoded this record: Philip McLeodType of document: Any documents involving maroons, including reports of runaways, interrogation of caputred runaways, and testimony by slaves about runaways: no Language: FrenchIs 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 InformationSkills and Occupations: good laundress & IronessSkill: laundry, ironing, blanchisseur, repasseurWas this slave good at his/her primary skill?: yes PersonalityFamily InformationWas this slave inventoried with his/her mother?: no Was this slave sold with his/her mother?: no Importation InformationLanguage group of Africans: : Benue-CongoWas this slave being emancipated?: no Slave listed as dead?: no

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