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John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1831-1835.
title
John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1831-1835.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Management, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American farmers, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Sugar trade, Louisiana, Sharecropping, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Grain trade, Louisiana, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave trade, United States
Date created ms
1831, 1835
Abstract
Letters written by Andrew Durnford, a free person of color, to John McDonogh largely regarding the status of the former's crops. The letters concern shipments of McDonogh's share of sugar as well as the status of Durnford's trade in molasses, corn, and flour. Other topics include Durnford's reliance on credit to make purchases, the high cost of acquiring new enslaved persons, and his difficulties arranging passage on the ship Harriet, which would not admit blacks on board. Some documents are in French.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-19, 1835-1836.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-19, 1835-1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Merchants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Sugar trade, Louisiana, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Textile fabrics, Louisiana, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Bills of sale
Date created ms
1835, 1836
Abstract
Business papers of Baptiste Meullion comprising a bill of sale for his cotton and sugar accounts with the New Orleans merchant firm Miramond O'Duhigg Company; and a receipt for the purchase of fabric from Lastrapes & Bangueral. In French.
Cane River collection, 1835.
title
Cane River collection, 1835.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.), Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Women landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American women, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Mortgages, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer, Auguste Augustin, 1800-1862, Metoyer, Jean Baptiste Louis, 1800-1838, Metoyer, Marie Suzanne, 1768-1838
Date created ms
1835
Abstract
Chiefly notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, a procuration, and a mortgage signed in 1835 by the Natchitoches Parish justice of the peace. Papers relating to free people of color include a mortgage granted by Jacques Porter, a free man of color, to Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer and a land sale conveying the property of Etienne Lacaze to Auguste Metoyer. Also present is a slave bill of sale in which an enslaved woman is sold by Suzanne Metoyer to Florentin Conant. All but four documents in French.
John McDonogh papers. Folders 63-92, 1834-1836.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 63-92, 1834-1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American farmers, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish (La.), History, Fugitive slaves, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Sugar trade, Louisiana
Date created ms
1834, 1836
Abstract
Letters written by Andrew Durnford to John McDonogh, chronicling the daily operations of the St. Rosalie sugar plantation. Their correspondence predominantly concerns the status of a sugarcane crop that Durnford cultivated and supervised for McDonogh; their crop-sharing arrangements are also discussed. In three letters dated 1836, Durnford describes his difficulties with an enslaved person named Jackson. One letter is written in French.
Cane River collection, 1836.
title
Cane River collection, 1836.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American women, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.), Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Mortgages, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer, Auguste Augustin, 1800-1862, Metoyer, Jean Baptiste Louis, 1800-1838, Metoyer, Marie Suzanne, 1806-1872, Metoyer, Jean Baptiste Leandre, born 1816, Metoyer, Marie Rose, born 1792
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Chiefly notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, reports from family meetings, mortgage records, and marriage contracts signed in 1836 by the Natchitoches Parish justice of the peace. Papers relating to free people of color include a land sale by Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer; a slave sale to Joseph Augustin Metoyer; the financial accounts of Rose Metoyer; a land sale to Auguste Metoyer; the mortgage cancellation of Augustin Metoyer; a donation by Marie Suzette Metoyer; the mortgages of Nerestan Roques; and the marriage contract of Jean Baptiste Leandre Metoyer. In French.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-20, 1836-1837.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-20, 1836-1837.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Commission merchants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Dry-goods, Louisiana, Bills of sale
Date created ms
1836, 1837
Abstract
Chiefly bills of sale for Baptiste Meullion's cotton and dry-goods accounts with Follain Fux Company, a general store in Opelousas. Also present is a bond notice from the Union Bank of Louisiana, located in Vermillionville. In French.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-18, 1835 June.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-18, 1835 June.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Merchants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Sugar trade, Louisiana, General stores, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Bills of sale
Date created ms
1835-06
Abstract
Bills of sale for Baptiste Meullion's accounts with the merchant firm, Miramond O'Duhigg Company (for sugar) and the general store, Follain Fux Company (for dry-goods). In French.
John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1836-1843.
title
John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1836-1843.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American farmers, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Sugar trade, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century
Date created ms
1836, 1843
Abstract
Letters chiefly written by Andrew Durnford, a free person of color, to John McDonogh regarding the affairs of his sugar plantation. The letters concern his shipment of sugar to McDonogh as part of their crop sharing arrangement, his need of a new boiler for sugar manufacture, and his frustrations with enslaved persons. In a letter dated 30 January 1843, he attributes the lesser quality of his sugar to his "rascally" slaves, whom he had to "threaten" to get them "to do their duty." Some documents are in French.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-17, 1835 May.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-17, 1835 May.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Merchants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Letters, Commercial correspondence
Date created ms
1835-05
Abstract
Letters from Miramond O'Duhigg Company (a merchant firm in New Orleans) to Baptiste Meullion regarding the sale of his cotton. In French.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-16, 1835 April.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-16, 1835 April.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Merchants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Letters, Commercial correspondence
Date created ms
1835-04
Abstract
Letters from Miramond O'Duhigg Company, a merchant firm in New Orleans, regarding the sale of Baptiste Meullion's cotton and his order of articles. In French.
Emancipation petition of Marguerite Jerome, Number 39D, 1835.
title
Emancipation petition of Marguerite Jerome, Number 39D, 1835.
Subject
African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Child slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1835
Abstract
Petition of Marguerite Jerome, a free woman of color, to free her daughter, the enslaved woman Arthemise and her two children, Norbert and Henry.
Emancipation petition of Joseph Usé, Number 23G, 1835.
title
Emancipation petition of Joseph Usé, Number 23G, 1835.
Subject
African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Child slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1835
Abstract
Petition of Joseph Usé to free the enslaved woman Anna (described as a quarteroon of about 21 years of age) and her two children, Charles (three years of age) and Edouard (one year old). In French and English.
Emancipation petition of Joseph St. Amant, Number 180A, 1836.
title
Emancipation petition of Joseph St. Amant, Number 180A, 1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Petition of Joseph St. Amant to free his daughter, the enslaved woman Marianne, who is described as a negress of more than 40 years of age.
Emancipation petition of the estate of Jean Moreau, Number 54D, 1835.
title
Emancipation petition of the estate of Jean Moreau, Number 54D, 1835.
Subject
African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Child slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1835
Abstract
Petition of the estate of Jean Moreau to free the enslaved woman Arséne (described as a negress of about 40 years of age) and her two children, the enslaved children Francois (described as a griffe of 10 years of age) and Francoise (described as a griffone of eight years of age). In French and English.
Emancipation petition of Jacques Lefort, Number 23D, 1835.
title
Emancipation petition of Jacques Lefort, Number 23D, 1835.
Subject
African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Child slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1835
Abstract
Petition of Jacques Lefort to free the enslaved woman Caliche (described as a negro woman, aged 31 years) and her three children: Lucien (described as a mulatto boy, aged nine years), Joseph (described as a mulatto boy, aged seven years), and Melia (described as a mulatress, aged four years).
Indenture of Gabriel Mortimer with Mureau and Hazeur sponsored by Zeline Lemege, Volume 5, Number 381, 1835 April 23
title
Indenture of Gabriel Mortimer with Mureau and Hazeur sponsored by Zeline Lemege, Volume 5, Number 381, 1835 April 23
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
1835-04-23
Abstract
In this indenture, Gabriel Mortimer (described as a young free man of color and Creole of about 14 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Zeline Lemege (described as a free woman of color) as an apprentice to Mureau & Hazeur (described as free men of color), to learn to be a joiner. 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.
Emancipation petition of Marianne, Number 52A, 1835.
title
Emancipation petition of Marianne, Number 52A, 1835.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1835
Abstract
Petition of Marianne, a free woman of color, to free her daughter, the enslaved woman Julie, who is described as a mulatress slave of about 21 years of age.
Indenture of Ursin Salonnier with Mureau & Hazeur sponsored by Louis Salonnier, Volume 5, Number 384, 1835 May 27.
title
Indenture of Ursin Salonnier with Mureau & Hazeur sponsored by Louis Salonnier, Volume 5, Number 384, 1835 May 27.
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
1835-05-27
Abstract
In this indenture, Ursin Salonnier (described as a young free man of color of 15 years of age and a Creole) is sponsored by his father, Louis Salonnier (described as a free man of color), as an apprentice to Mureau & Hazeur (described as free men of color) to learn to be a joiner. 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 with N. C. Lane sponsored by Jacques Lefevre, Volume 5, Number 383, 1835 May 19
title
Indenture of Joseph with N. C. Lane sponsored by Jacques Lefevre, Volume 5, Number 383, 1835 May 19
Subject
Slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1835-05-19
Abstract
In this indenture, Joseph (described as a mulatto slave of 20 years of age) is sponsored by Jacques Lefevre (described as a free man of color) as an apprentice to N. C. Lane to learn to be a 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.
Indenture of Louis Normand with Mureau and Hazeur sponsored by Jean Baptiste Normand, Volume 5, Number 388, 1835 November 25
title
Indenture of Louis Normand with Mureau and Hazeur sponsored by Jean Baptiste Normand, Volume 5, Number 388, 1835 November 25
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
1835-11-25
Abstract
In this indenture, Louis Normand (described as a described as a 16 year old Creole) is sponsored by his father, Jean Baptiste Normand (described as a free man of color), as an apprentice to Mureau & Hazeur (described as free men of color) to learn to be a joiner. 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.

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