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Do colony lists from Haiti and Guiana name Acadians who later went to Louisiana?

Research question: What colonial muster rolls, census returns, and labor registers from Saint-Domingue and French Guiana list Acadian settlers after 1758, and do any of them record later departures for Spanish Louisiana?

The verified facts include a census at Sinnamary, French Guiana, on 1 March 1765 that counted 26 survivors who had been uprooted from Ile St.-Jean ². Some deportees who had landed at Boulogne in late 1758 left for French Guiana in November 1764 aboard Les Deux Frères under Captain Du Hamel ⁴. About 400 of the roughly 1,000 Kourou survivors were Acadians ⁵, and about forty Acadian families settled along the coast in 1765, including at Iracoubo ⁷. The facts do not mention muster rolls, labor registers, or any Saint-Domingue records, and none records a later departure for Spanish Louisiana; the only Louisiana fact says a sizeable Acadian community there was established only after 1785 ¹.

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[1] supported

A sizeable Acadian community was established in Louisiana only after 1785, according to the source.

"Only after 1785 was a sizeable community established in Louisiana."

Archaeologies of Acadia: From Homeland to Diaspora

[2] documented

A census taken at Sinnamary, French Guiana, on 1 March 1765 counted 26 survivors who had previously been uprooted from Ile St.-Jean.

"A census taken at Sinnamary, French Guiana on 1 March 1765 revealed that survivors at that place included 26 who had been previously uprooted from Ile St.-Jean."

The Deportation of the Acadians from Ile St.-Jean, 1758* -

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The Iracoubo area became a refuge for surviving Acadian families after the disastrous 1764 Kourou colonisation campaign in French Guiana.

"The Iracoubo area became a refuge for surviving Acadian families following the disastrous 1764 Kourou colonisation campaign."

Canton of Iracoubo

[4] documented

Some deportees from Ile St.-Jean who had landed at Boulogne in late 1758 left for French Guiana in November 1764 aboard Les Deux Frères under Captain Du Hamel.

"Some of the deportees from Ile St.-Jean who landed at Boulogne in late 1758 left there for French Guiana in November 1764, aboard Les Deux Frères under the command of Captain Du Hamel."

The Deportation of the Acadians from Ile St.-Jean, 1758* -

[5] supported

Of the roughly 1,000 survivors of the Kourou colonisation, about 400 were Acadians.

"Among the remaining 1,000 survivors were roughly 400 Acadians."

Canton of Iracoubo

[6] supported

Fewer than 1000 of the roughly 12,000 emigrants sent to French Guiana in 1763 were Acadians, and the Acadians appear to have fared better than the overall death toll suggests.

"Fewer than 1000 of these emigrants were Acadians and they appear to have fared better than the overall numbers might suggest."

The Deportation of the Acadians from Ile St.-Jean, 1758* -

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In 1765, about forty Acadian peasant and fishing families established communities along the coast of French Guiana, including at Iracoubo.

"In 1765, about forty of these Acadian peasant and fishing families established communities along the coast, including in Iracoubo."

Canton of Iracoubo