Le 24 janvier 1838, Marie Catherine LÉDÉE, veuve Benoit BERNIER, autorise son esclave Jean Charles à partir pour Saint-Thomas. Le 26 juin 1818, cette dame autorise ce même esclave à partir pour n’importe quel pays. Marie Catherine LÉDÉE est née… Lire la suite ›
Gustavia, 1817 Life is violent back then in Saint-Barth. Whether in the countryside or in town, rich, poor, black, or white, everyone had to deal with violence on a daily basis. It seems that there is not a single day… Lire la suite ›
On the 22d of November 1817, Kirby, the Sergent of police in Gustavia addresses a report to the Court of Justice. « Whereas on Sunday last, the negro boy slave Mirander, the property of G.C.ROBINSON, did, with a large piece of… Lire la suite ›
The Saint-Barth Islander 