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Declarante y otros varios sujetos se
hallaron presentes quando expusieron los
demas Negros lo que constan estendido en
el Proceso? dixo: que en cuanto la cita que
se le ha referido solamente se acuerda ha
berse hallado presente a la declaracion
de un Negro nombrado Coffi que hablaba
muy mal el francés, y que comprehendio
que decia que si los frances mataban
a los Minas, si no al Negro Cesar era
malo; pero que si mataban tambien
a Cesar era bueno; por que este desde
el ano pasado desde que comenzaron a
sembrar el añil los estaba persua
diendo a levantarse y matar los blancos
y que el declarante no le entendio otra
cosa y responde----
Preguntado porque no dixo esto mis
mo antes, quando se le interrogo si les
Translation
The Declarant and other several people were
present when the rest of the Blacks
spoke which is found written in the
Proceedings? he said: that as to the reference that
has been mentioned to him he only remembers
having been present at the declaration of
a Black named Coffi who spoke French
very badly, and that he understood
that he was saying that if the French killed
the Minas, but not the Black Cesar it was
bad; but that if they also killed
Cesar it was good; because the latter
for the last year since they began to
plant the indigo had been persuading
them to revolt and kill the whites
and that the declarant did not understand anything
else and he responds--
Asked why he did not say this same thing
before, when he was questioned if he had

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