{"product_id":"the-robineau-succession-a-difficult-estate-settlement-of-a-planter-in-saint-domingue","title":"The Robineau succession: a difficult estate settlement of a planter in Saint-Domingue.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e[Succession documents of Jean-Baptiste Robineau (ca. 1680-1730)].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLe Cap (Saint-Domingue), 1732–[1733].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSet of 3 documents, folio, (2), (4), and (2) pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLoose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e[With:]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLettres de rescision\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLe Cap (Saint-Domingue) and Paris, 1735–[1749].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eFolio, (7) pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSewn with blue silk ties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"364\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"364\"\u003eFollowing his disappearance at sea in October 1730, the planter Jean-Baptiste Robineau left a substantial estate in northern Saint-Domingue, including two habitations near Cap-Français and Fort-Dauphin. His will named his brother Vincent-Marie as universal heir, but the succession was contested by other family members, leading to a series of legal consultations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"755\"\u003eThe three manuscripts record these consultations in a tabulated format, presenting questions addressed to jurists alongside their responses. They offer a concise insight into the legal treatment of colonial property, notably the classification of enslaved individuals as movable goods within the universal legacy, and address related issues such as revenues, improvements, and minor heirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"948\"\u003eThe accompanying \u003cem data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"796\"\u003elettres de rescision\u003c\/em\u003e, produced between Le Cap and Paris, document a later attempt to annul the 1733 partition and show that the dispute remained unresolved as late as 1749.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"1100\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA compact and informative group illustrating the legal and familial complexities of plantation inheritance in early eighteenth-century Saint-Domingue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ewater damage and frayed with loss of text in one of the first documents. The other two a little worn but in good condition without loss. The last, 7-page document in fine condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eReference:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e Marcel Chatillon, Gabriel Debien, Xavier du Boisrouvray and Gilles de Maupeou, \u003ci\u003eLes papiers Robineau\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003ePapiers privés sur l’histoire des Antilles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevue française d’histoire d’outre-mer\u003c\/i\u003e, no. 216, 1972, pp. 438–442 (does not mention the present manuscripts).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artem Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53059484811607,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9248\/9647\/files\/e56ce9d7-c8fc-46e4-a21e-fcdc7f5f8fd5.png?v=1774002666","url":"https:\/\/artemrarebooks.com\/products\/the-robineau-succession-a-difficult-estate-settlement-of-a-planter-in-saint-domingue","provider":"Artem Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}