COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1300856
Reference Number:
13724.1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Table 11: Etat General du Population St Domingue
Translated Image Title:
Table 11: State of the General Population of St Domingue
Parent Work Title:
La vita di Jacopo Mazzoni
Translated Parent Work Title:
The life of Jacopo Mazzoni
Creator:
Serassi, Pierantonio, 1721-1791
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Mazzoni, Jacopo, 1548-1598
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1790
Description:
A table ('number 11') detailing the general state of the black population; factories, cattle, crops, and commodities exported to France, from each Canton of the colony of Saint-Domingue 1st January to 31st December 1788. Commodities listed are white and raw sugar, indigo, cotton coffee, cocoa, taffia (rum), and sirop (syrup). The amounts are established in the financial account made by intendant François Barbé-Marbois and deposited with the Navy in the Port-au-Prince 14 July 1789. The lower section summarizes the number of the black inhabitants, the number of beasts, the extent of cultivated land, the number of factories, the quota of exports during the year 1788.
Language Code:
fre
Language:
French
Subject:
Charts, diagrams, etc.
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
West Indies: Saint-Domingue
People Covered:
Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de, 1745-1837
Item Height:
370 mm
Item Width:
490 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-09-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Table 11: Etat General du Population St Domingue
