- Creator
- Saint-Léger, Théodore Étienne de
- Call number
- Sc MG 211
- Physical description
- 0.22 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Language
- French; In French.
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Théodore Étienne de Saint-Léger collection, Sc MG 211, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Théodore Étienne de Saint-Léger was provost of the Special Court Provostale investigating the slave uprising in Martinique in February of 1831. This collection consists of sixty-five manuscripts relating to the 1831 slave rebellion including correspondence from the Governor of Martinique, French settlers, and police precincts on the island; register of official correspondence of Saint-Léger, the "Prévôt" (Magistrate), 1831; police reports; warrants issued by Saint-Léger for fugitive slaves suspected of arson and poisoning; court records related to the burning of the Ducasse, Lamentin, and Grande Case plantations; and biographical notes of Saint-Léger dated 1913.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Oscar Schreyer, 1984.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 January 27)
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor