Order issued by the Baron de Carondelet, New Orleans, to City Steward Juan de Castanedo, New Orleans



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Carondelet ordered Castanedo to pay Antonio Sousa, the city hangman, 430 pesos for executing the slaves from Pointe Coupée who had plotted to overthrow their owners. [Regarding the slave conspiracy of 1795 April see: Gayarré, III, 354-355; Liljegren, "Jacobinism in Spanish Louisiana," LHQ, XXII, 63; McConnell, Negro troops of Antebellum Louisiana, 26-28.]

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Order issued by the Baron de Carondelet, New Orleans, to City Steward Juan de Castanedo, New Orleans

Creator

Carondelet, Baron de

Date Created

1795-06-20

Description

Carondelet ordered Castanedo to pay Antonio Sousa, the city hangman, 430 pesos for executing the slaves from Pointe Coupée who had plotted to overthrow their owners. [Regarding the slave conspiracy of 1795 April see: Gayarré, III, 354-355; Liljegren, "Jacobinism in Spanish Louisiana," LHQ, XXII, 63; McConnell, Negro troops of Antebellum Louisiana, 26-28.]

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Slaves

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spa

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Document signed. In Spanish.

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