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Indenture of Auguste Bouffard with Jean Rousseau sponsored by Marie Berard, Volume 3, Number 258, 1822 February 23
title
Indenture of Auguste Bouffard with Jean Rousseau sponsored by Marie Berard, Volume 3, Number 258, 1822 February 23
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1822-02-23
Abstract
In this indenture, Auguste Bouffard (described as a free child of color of about seven years of age) is sponsored by his aunt, Marie Berard, as an apprentice to Jean Rousseau (described as a free man of color) to learn to be a joiner and cabinetmaker. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Bernardo Cephaline Peres with Felix Petit sponsored by Antonio Peres, Volume 3, Number 38, 1818 April 22
title
Indenture of Bernardo Cephaline Peres with Felix Petit sponsored by Antonio Peres, Volume 3, Number 38, 1818 April 22
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1818-04-22
Abstract
In this indenture, Bernardo Cephaline Peres is sponsored by his father, Antonio Peres, as an apprentice to Felix Petit (described as a free man of color) to learn to be a bricklayer. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Louis Gallaud Jr. with Dutreuil Barjeon sponsored by Louis Gallaud, Volume 4, Number 126, 1825 August 8
title
Indenture of Louis Gallaud Jr. with Dutreuil Barjeon sponsored by Louis Gallaud, Volume 4, Number 126, 1825 August 8
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1825-08-08
Abstract
In this indenture, Louis Gallaud Jr. (described as a free child of color of about 13 years of age) is sponsored by his father, Louis Gallaud (described as a free person of color), as an apprentice to Dutruil Barjeon (described as a free person of color) to learn to be a joiner and cabinetmaker. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Paul Badie with Duret, Volume 1, 1810 January 16
title
Indenture of Paul Badie with Duret, Volume 1, 1810 January 16
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1810-01-16
Abstract
In this indenture, Paul Badie (described as a free-born quadroon boy of 15 years of age) contracts as an apprentice to Duret to learn to be a house joiner.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Joseph Theodore with Deacon and Son sponsored by Marie Taupin, Volume 4, Number 201, 1827 October 1
title
Indenture of Joseph Theodore with Deacon and Son sponsored by Marie Taupin, Volume 4, Number 201, 1827 October 1
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1827-10-01
Abstract
In this indenture, Joseph Theodore (described as a free man of color of 13 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Marie Taupin (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to Deacon & Son to learn to be a blacksmith.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Victorin Colon with Erasme Legoaster sponsored Martin Lazende, Volume 3, Number 267, 1822 March 18.
title
Indenture of Victorin Colon with Erasme Legoaster sponsored Martin Lazende, Volume 3, Number 267, 1822 March 18.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1822-03-18
Abstract
In this indenture, Victorin Colon (described as a free man of color of 14 years of age) is sponsored by his tutor, Martin Lazende (described as a free man of color), as an apprentice to Erasme Legoaster (described as a free man of color) to learn to be a tailor. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder OS 01-01, 1802-1836.
title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder OS 01-01, 1802-1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Mississippi, Natchez, African American women, Mississippi, Natchez, African American families, Mississippi, Natchez, Deeds, Mississippi, Natchez, Slaves, Emancipation, Mississippi, Adams County, Tichenor, Gabriel, 1781-1855, Johnson, Ann Battles, 1815?-1866, Battles, Harriet, born approximately 1792, Beauvais, St. James, active 1802, Lapice, Peter M., 1797-1884, Lum, Isaac, Johnson, William T., 1809?-1851, Legal documents
Date created ms
1802, 1836
Abstract
The oversize folder contains indentures conveying land, dating from 1802-1836, and a petition for the emancipation of Harriet Battles and her child, Ann Battles, by Gabriel Tichenor in the State of Mississippi, dated May 18, 1822-November 3, 1824.

An indenture, dated March 26, 1802, conveys land in Adams County, Mississippi from St. James Beauvais, Thomas Prather, and James Smiley to Joseph Newman. The document states that Thomas Prather and James Smiley are from the State of Kentucky.

The second indenture, dated May 1829, conveys a lot of land in the city of Natchez from Gabriel Tichenor and his wife Elizabeth Tichenor to Harriet Battles, a free person of color and former enslaved person of Gabriel Tichenor.

The third indenture, dated March 29, 1836, conveys a property on State Street in the city of Natchez from Peter M. Lapice to Joseph F. Lapice.
The fourth indenture in the folder conveys a lot of land in the city of Natchez to William Johnson, a free man of color, on November 20, 1826.

The petition for the emancipation of Harriet and Ann Battles represents Gabriel Tichenor's attempts to free Harriet Battles and her daughter before moving the mother and daughter to Cincinnati, where both were granted freedom under Ohio state law.
Indenture of Pierre Arige with Jean Rousseau sponsored by Marie Louise Dagaira, Volume 3, Number 152, 1819 October 30.
title
Indenture of Pierre Arige with Jean Rousseau sponsored by Marie Louise Dagaira, Volume 3, Number 152, 1819 October 30.
Subject
Free blacks, Cuba, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1819-10-30
Abstract
In this indenture, Pierre Arige (described as a free child of color of 11 years of age, born in Cuba) is sponsored by his mother, Marie Louise Dagaira, as an apprentice to Jean Rousseau (described as a free person of color) to learn to be a joiner and cabinetmaker. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Joseph St. Amand with Nicholas Murray sponsored by Magdeline Brazier, Volume 3, Number 62, 1818 July 25
title
Indenture of Joseph St. Amand with Nicholas Murray sponsored by Magdeline Brazier, Volume 3, Number 62, 1818 July 25
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1818-07-25
Abstract
In this indenture, Joseph St. Amand (described as a free boy of color of 15 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Magdeline Brazier (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to Nicholas Murray to learn to be a blacksmith.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Jack Spicer with William Francis, Volume 1, Number 11, 1811 July 13
title
Indenture of Jack Spicer with William Francis, Volume 1, Number 11, 1811 July 13
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1811-07-13
Abstract
In this indenture, Jack Spicer (described as a free mulatto of 26 years of age) contracts as a servant to William Francis. Jack Spicer was liberated by William Francis for imprisonment for debt and promises to labor for WIlliam Francis for two years.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Theodale Simon with Billey and Giraudeau sponsored by Louis Simon, Volume 1, Number 39, 1813 January 14.
title
Indenture of Theodale Simon with Billey and Giraudeau sponsored by Louis Simon, Volume 1, Number 39, 1813 January 14.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1813-01-14
Abstract
In this indenture, Theodale Simon (described as a free quadroon of 16 years of age) is sponsored by his uncle, Louis Simon (described as a free man of color), as an apprentice to Billey & Giraudeau to learn to be a blacksmith. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Derinsbourg Raphael with Louis Lemoine sponsored by Marie Joseph Pierre, Volume 4, Number 219, 1828 May 14
title
Indenture of Derinsbourg Raphael with Louis Lemoine sponsored by Marie Joseph Pierre, Volume 4, Number 219, 1828 May 14
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1828-05-14
Abstract
In this indenture, Derinsbourg Raphael (described as a young free negro of about 16 years of age and a Creole of Louisiana) is sponsored by his mother, Marie Joseph Pierre (described as a free negress), as an apprentice to Louis Lemoine to learn to be a bricklayer.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Charles with Ferdinand Lioteau sponsored by Marie Wiltz, Volume 2, Number 38, 1815 May 20
title
Indenture of Charles with Ferdinand Lioteau sponsored by Marie Wiltz, Volume 2, Number 38, 1815 May 20
Subject
Orphans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans.", Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-05-20
Abstract
In this indenture, Charles (described as a young free man of color and orphan of 16 years of age) is sponsored by his cousin, Marie Magdelaine Wiltz (described as a free woman of color) as an apprentice to Ferdinand Lioteau (described as a free man of color) to learn to be a joiner. In French.
Indenture of Andre Sala with Robert Fell sponsored by Marie Jacquet, Volume 3, Number 16, 1818 March 9
title
Indenture of Andre Sala with Robert Fell sponsored by Marie Jacquet, Volume 3, Number 16, 1818 March 9
Subject
Orphans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1818-03-09
Abstract
In this indenture, Andre Sala (described as an orphan boy of color of about 16 years of age) is sponsored by his sister, Marie Jacquet (described as a free woman of color) as an apprentice to Robert Fell to learn to be a ship carpenter.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.

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