Transcription
"Ce poste, le quel a fait serment, par Dieu notre Seigneur, et un signe de croix En forme de droit, de déclarer ce qu’il a Entendu dire a son oncle Mssr. Riché Au sujet du complot fait par les Esclaves contre leurs maîtres à déclarer Que:
Il avait oui dire a son oncle Mssr. Riché que les negres devaient assembler Derrière l’habitation de Mssr. Vigue Chirurgien de ce poste afin de determiner Le jour qu’ils devaient frapper sur Les blancs
De plus a déclaré que son mulâtre Nommé Lambert lui avait dit que S’était trouvé chez le Mrss. Poédras Le mulâtre et esclave nommé Antoine Sarrasin a la dite habitation lui Avait demandé s’il était un homme, A quoi le mulâtre Lambert lui"
Il avait oui dire a son oncle Mssr. Riché que les negres devaient assembler Derrière l’habitation de Mssr. Vigue Chirurgien de ce poste afin de determiner Le jour qu’ils devaient frapper sur Les blancs
De plus a déclaré que son mulâtre Nommé Lambert lui avait dit que S’était trouvé chez le Mrss. Poédras Le mulâtre et esclave nommé Antoine Sarrasin a la dite habitation lui Avait demandé s’il était un homme, A quoi le mulâtre Lambert lui"
Translation
"and took an oath to tell what he heard his uncle say regarding the plot by the slaves against their masters. He said:
He heard from his uncle, Mr. Riché, that the negros were going to gather behind the home of Mr. Vigue, the surgeon of the post, in order to determine the day they would strike the whites.
He also declared that his mulatto named Lambert had told him that when he was at the home of Mr. Poédras, the mulatto slave named Antoine Sarrasin, at said home, asked him if he was a man, to which the mulatto Lambert asked"
He heard from his uncle, Mr. Riché, that the negros were going to gather behind the home of Mr. Vigue, the surgeon of the post, in order to determine the day they would strike the whites.
He also declared that his mulatto named Lambert had told him that when he was at the home of Mr. Poédras, the mulatto slave named Antoine Sarrasin, at said home, asked him if he was a man, to which the mulatto Lambert asked"
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