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in 1791. In 1788, his father died and passed on four sugar plantations to his son—one in
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Young reported that he had been extremely well treated by his slaves, who he claimed had presented him with gifts and put on festivities for him. On returning home to
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to represent them in the French court to settle territorial disputes. He returned to
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