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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Arnous
- Locations
- East bank of Mississippi River, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
- Researcher
- Samantha Rich
- Researcher's E-mail
- sam.l.rich3 AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- Included in 1838 land purchase by Rene Arnous were these 49 names and descriptions: 1. Honore, grif, around 50 years old 2. Mambo, negro, around 35 years old 3. Marianne, negress, 25 years old, and her 3 children: 4. John, mulatto, 7 years old, 5. Andre, negro, 6 years old, 6. and George, negro, 1 years old. 7. Solomon, negro, 30 years old, 8. Charity, daughter of Solomon, negress, 7 years old, 9. Matilde, negress, 5 years old, 10.and Millia, negress, 3 years old, also daughters of Solomon. 11.Sarah, negress, about 27 years old 12.Jacob, negro, about 27 years old 13.Seraphine, negress, about 21 years old 14.Jean Baptiste, negro, child of Seraphine, 1 year old 15.John, negro, 26 years old 16.Charlotte, mulattress, around 45 years old, 17.Dorcas, daughter of Charlotte, quadroon, 19 years old, 18.Claibourne, alias Clement, grif, 14 years old 19.Marceline, grif (female), 12 years old, these last two are also children of Charlotte. 20.Isaac, negro, 40 years old 21.Bob, negro, 36 years old 22.Robertson, negro, 40 years old 23.Bernard, negro, around 50 years old 24.Big Tom, negro, around 50 years old 25.Little Jacob, negro, 21 years old 26.Thomas, mulatto, 26 years old 27.Jeannette, negress, 45 years old 28.Modeste, negress, 18 years old 29.Sylvie, negress, 50 years old 30.Narcisse, negro, 22 years old 31.Bill, negro, 44 years old 32.Helene, negress, 20 years old, 33.Edouard, her son, negro, 2 years old, 34.Charlot, also child of Helene, 1 years old. 35.Big Jim, negro, 18 years old 36.Little Jim, negro, 16 years old 37.Little Isaac, negro, 13 years old 38.Charles, negro, 15 years old 39.Henderson, negro, 14 years old 40.Little Marianne, negress, 15 years old 41.Elise, negress, 33 years old, 42.Alexandre, son of Elise, 14 years old, 43.Estelle, also daughter of Elise, 13 years old, 44.Solidena, alias Niga, negress, 12 years old, 45.Adonis, negro, 8 years old, 46.Isabelle, negress, 6 years old, 47.Madelaine, negress, 4 years old, 48.Albert, negro, 2 years old, and 49.Valsin, negro, 1 years old. These last five also are children of the negress Elise.
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