Norbert Badin papers. Personal Correspondence. Folder 01-03, 1895-1899. - Norbert Badin papers. Personal Correspondence. Folder 01-03, 1895-1899.

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Title
Norbert Badin papers. Personal Correspondence. Folder 01-03, 1895-1899.
Biographical Information
The Badin family was the oldest family of free people of color of creole heritage and their descendants who lived in the Cane River settlement, a large community of free people of color in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The family is descended from the slaves of Pierre Badin, a planter of tobacco from Thorigne, France in the diocese of Poitiers. In 1791, Pierre manumitted all twenty enslaved persons in his possession. The freed slaves continued to live with Pierre and adopted his surname. Prior to Pierre’s death in 1805, he drafted a will naming his former enslaved persons as his legatees.</br></br>Joseph Roque was a descendent of free people of color of Cane River, Louisiana. He was descended from Marie Thérèse Coincoin, who founded the Cane River community of free people of color in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. He married Zeline Badin (born approximately 1870), who was the daughter of Norbert and Sylvia Phermance Badin, free people of color from Natchitoches Parish, in 1893. The couple lived in the Badin-Roque House, an early colonial bousillage home built by Jean Baptiste Metoyer.
Date Created
1895 - 1899
Description
Personal correspondence of the Badin family, who were descendants of free people of color from Cane River, La., for the years 1895-1899 are chiefly letters to J. L. Badin, Augustine Badin, and other members of the Badin family. Letters primarily concern health, family news, community news, and cotton farming.</br></br>Correspondents include: Dilcey Smith, Zeblene Rachal, Joseph Roque, Augustine Badin, Ika Maritsky, J. Moonshine, A. Chategnier, Ellen Chategnier, Sylvia Phermance Badin, Norbert Badin, Gilbert Metoyer, Gabriel Metoyer, Pauline Metoyer, C. Christophe, Marie St. Andre, Luis St. Andre, Mary Nagle, and Josephine St. Andre, and others.</br></br>Letters from Gabriel Metoyer, also a descendent of free people of color, relate news of Metoyer's health, cotton farming, mutual friends in Natchitoches Parish, and the death of his father.</br></br>Items of note include a letter to Augustine Badin, dated September 23, 1895, from Gilbert Metoyer describing the decapitation of Balia Bruno by the Canal Ball Train and a letter, dated January 1, 1895, from Zeblene Rachal to a male member of the Badin family (probably J. L. Badin) rejecting his marriage proposal.
Type of Resource
text
Size
31 items.
Language
English
Source
Louisiana State University Libraries, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, La., http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special
Digital Collection
Revealing an Unknown Past: Free People of Color in Louisiana and the Lower Mississippi Valley
Repository Collection
Norbert Badin Papers, Mss. 825, LSU Libraries.
Shelf Location
Mss. 825, Box 1
Contact Information
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Rights
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Special Collections. Copyright has expired and the item is therefore in the public domain. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the repository that holds the original.
Preferred Citation
Norbert Badin Papers, Mss. 825, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Related Collections
Metoyer Family Papers, Mss. 837, 846, LSU Libraries.; Auguste Metoyer Papers, Mss. 871, LSU Libraries.; Adeleda Metoyer Papers, Mss. 836, 837, LSU Libraries.; Louis Metoyer Document, Mss. 849, LSU Libraries.; Dupre and Metoyer and Company Account Book, Mss. 834, LSU Libraries.
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