Price for black slaves according to the inventory of the property of baron Charles Lemoyne de Longueuil, 12 March 1755.
[...]
Item, one old wood bin constructed in pine with a Broken cover and estimated
at forty sols
2
Item, two old crosscut saws mounted, evaluated and estimated at forty
sols apiece, for the sum of four Livres
4
Item, a negro slave approximately twenty-Five years of age, named mercure,
evaluated and estimated at the sum of Five hundred Livres
500
Item, a negress slave woman, approximately thirty years of age, evaluated
and estimated at the sum of five Hundred Livres
500
Item, one mounted saw evaluated and estimated at thirty sols
110
Item, one pair of pincers And a large hammer evaluated and estimated at
forty sols
2
[...]
Source: Archives nationales du Québec, Centre de Montréal, Greffe de notaire, CN601, S108, Danré de Blanzy, Louis-Claude, Inventory of goods belonging to the estate of M. de Longueuil, March 12, 1755.