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Abstract The Delahaye-Lebouis represented, at the end of the 18th century, the type of family who succeeded in a short time in building a nice fortune through the slave trade. If a good marriage with the Begouen the most important merchants of Le Havre before the Revolution explains in part this success, a regular reinvestissment of the profits of the trade and increasing dividends to finance the operations explain the capacity of the family to try more and more big speculations. Despite the War of Indépendance, the Delahaye-Lebouis were able to buy a plantation in Santo Domingo, and the Revolution only put a stop to their commercial activity. But the estate in Normandy was kept in the 19th century...Résumé Les Delahaye-Lebouis représentent...
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