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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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October 22, 1791 report from Cape-Français estimates 40 million lbs annual sugar lost from enslaved uprising burning plantations in northern Saint-Domingue districts; coffee plantations also heavily damaged.
Merged-components note: The table details the estimate of burned sugar plantations referenced in the preceding Cape-Francois dispatch on the St. Domingo revolt; spatial overlap and sequential reading order indicate they form one logical component.
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Estimate of Sugar Plantations, burned by the Negroes, with the amount of the Sugars that were raised on them annually.
40,000,000
The quantity of Coffee Plantations destroyed, not known but is considerable.
| Plantations | Lbs. Sugar | |
| As Port Margot | 8 | 1,600,000 |
| Limbe | 23 | 5,500,000 |
| L'Acul | 19 | 4,600,000 |
| Plaine du Nord | 23 | 4,700,000 |
| Petit Anle | 29 | 6,000,000 |
| Quartier Morin | 33 | 10,400,000 |
| Limonade | 30 | 7,200,000 |
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Primary Location
Cape Français
Event Date
October 22, 1791
Outcome
40,000,000 lbs sugar annually from burned plantations; considerable coffee plantations destroyed
Event Details
Estimate of sugar plantations burned by the Negroes in various northern districts, totaling 40,000,000 lbs of annual sugar production. Coffee plantations destroyed in unknown but considerable quantity.