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Resolution to forbid all slaves from playing rackets within the limits of municipality Number One in New Orleans Louisiana in 1836
title
Resolution to forbid all slaves from playing rackets within the limits of municipality Number One in New Orleans Louisiana in 1836
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Slaves, Documents, Organized crime, Crimes, Prisons
Date Issued
1836
Abstract
Text, May 13 to August 12, 1839. Journal of the First Municipality 1836. Council of the municipality Number One. Page 23. From May 13, to August 12, 1839. Sitting of August 5, 1839. Resolution to forbid all slaves from playing rackets within the limits of municipality Number One.
Marriage certificate between Thomas Wales and Marie Hortence Bertrand as officiated by Pierre David Cailleau Lafontaine in 1813.
title
Marriage certificate between Thomas Wales and Marie Hortence Bertrand as officiated by Pierre David Cailleau Lafontaine in 1813.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Marriage, Documents, Spouses, Law & legal affairs, Widows, Children, Dowry, Slaves
Date Issued
1813-09-09
Abstract
Text, August 9, 1813. Marriage certificate between Thomas Wales, of Bayou Pierre, and Marie Hortence Bertrand, of Natchitoches Parish, as officiated by Pierre David Cailleau Lafontaine, Judge of Natchitoches Parish in 1813. Details of the dowry, property (including slaves) of the husband, widowhood and a childless marriage are described as well.
Sale of one slave from a freed man of color, Pacalay, to a freed mulatto, Mr Nicollas Augustine Metoyer in Natchitoches Parish in 1813.
title
Sale of one slave from a freed man of color, Pacalay, to a freed mulatto, Mr Nicollas Augustine Metoyer in Natchitoches Parish in 1813.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade, Documents, African Americans
Date Issued
1813-03-29
Abstract
Text, March 29, 1813. Sale of one slave (Francois, aged 25), from a freed man of color, Pacalay, to a freed mulatto, Nicollas Augustine Metoyer in Natchitoches Parish in 1813. Witnesses are listed and the document is registered by P.D. Cailleau Lafontaine, Notary Public.
Acts of sale of slaves owned by Doctor Edward Duffel, Ascension Parish
title
Acts of sale of slaves owned by Doctor Edward Duffel, Ascension Parish
Subject
Documents, Business & finance, Slaves
Date created ms
1829-02-02, 1829-02-02
Abstract
Duffel made copies of six acts of sale by which he purchased his slaves Maria, Frank, Billy, Aimé, Malvina, her child Stephen, and Nathaniel between 1811 and 1829. Duffel indicated where each document was registered.
Agreement of partnership between William Long and Joseph T. Robinson.
title
Agreement of partnership between William Long and Joseph T. Robinson.
Subject
Documents, Deals, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade
Date created ms
1837-09-18, 1837-09-18
Abstract
Robinson purchases an interest in the real and slave property of Long. Includes list of slaves.
Act of donation of a slave by David Lejeune and his wife, New Feliciana, to Carlota Bauvais
title
Act of donation of a slave by David Lejeune and his wife, New Feliciana, to Carlota Bauvais
Subject
Documents, Slaves
Date created ms
1808-12-23, 1808-12-23
Abstract
Before Thomas Estevan, Commandant at Feliciana, David Lejeune and his wife Constanza Bauvais signed an act of donation, by which document they gave their niece Carlota Bauvais, to be her slave, a little Negro girl named Ana, approximately seven years old, a "Criolla." The child was their property by virtue of her having been born in their home of their slave Isabel.
Ernest Commagere, Recorder of mortgages, certifies that a slave belonging to Celestia Deschapelles Labarre is free of mortgages.
title
Ernest Commagere, Recorder of mortgages, certifies that a slave belonging to Celestia Deschapelles Labarre is free of mortgages.
Subject
Documents, Mortgages, Slaves
Date created ms
1827-11-30, 1827-11-30
Abstract
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Ernest Commagere. Recorder of mortgages, certifies that a slave belonging to Celestia Deschapelles Labarre is free of mortgages. Partially printed.
Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Statement by John Dutton, Parish Judge
title
Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Statement by John Dutton, Parish Judge
Subject
Documents, Business & finance, Debt, Slaves
Date created ms
1846-02-01, 1846-02-01
Abstract
Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Statement by John Dutton, Parish Judge, and recorder of mortgages, regarding mortgages outstanding on the property of Adolphe Dupuy. Statement includes a description of the 17 slaves mortgaged to the Citizen's Bank of Louisiana.
Inventory of the goods and chattels belonging to Claudio Joseph Villars [Dubreuil] in Louisiana
title
Inventory of the goods and chattels belonging to Claudio Joseph Villars [Dubreuil] in Louisiana
Subject
Documents, Debt, Slaves
Date created ms
1771-11-18, 1771-11-18
Abstract
This item consists of several documents that relate to an inventory and evaluation made of the goods and chattels belonging to Claudio Joseph Villars Dubreuil at the request of his creditors, Francisca Petit de Coulange widow Villemont, Francisco Bouligny, and others. Conducting the inventory were Cecilio Odoardo, Auditor and Assessor of the Province, Commissioners appointed by the interested parties, and the arbitrator. The longest document is the actual inventory, which was carried out between October 7 and November 18. It gave a descriptive listing and evaluation of all movables, immovables, livestock, and slaves owned by Villars, including two plantations upstream from New Orleans, property in the city, and land at Barataria for cattle. Of special interest were the following 1) the descriptions of various buildings on the plantations; 2) lists of tools and equipment; 3) the slave inventories, which included each person's given name, age, sex, minor children, state of health, and origin (''Criollo,'' ''de Guinea,'' ''de nación Senegal'').
Declaration of Jean Baptiste Beauvais et al, in Saint Martin Parish, regarding claims against the estate of Labarthe Delisle
title
Declaration of Jean Baptiste Beauvais et al, in Saint Martin Parish, regarding claims against the estate of Labarthe Delisle
Subject
Documents, Slaves
Date created ms
1823-04-28, 1823-04-28
Abstract
Jean Baptiste Beauvais, Antoine Beavais, Edmond Ozenne, and Ursin Ozenne acknowledged that they had in their possession a number of slave children, who belonged to Labarthe Delisle and who had been surrendered by him to his creditors in Saint Tammany Parish. The signers declared that they would deliver the slaves when called upon to do so by Delisle's syndics, Elijah Clark and Samuel James.
Certificate of sale of slave by Reynaud and Peytavin, Acadia County, to Juan Guillot
title
Certificate of sale of slave by Reynaud and Peytavin, Acadia County, to Juan Guillot
Subject
Documents, Business & finance, Slaves
Date created ms
1805-08-03, 1805-08-03
Abstract
Reynaud and Peytavin, Pointe des Houmas, declared that on 1804 April 2 they sold to Jean Guillot a young, untrained Negress (une jeune negritte Brute) for the sum of 450 piastres.
Bank Appraisal
title
Bank Appraisal
Subject
Documents, Business, Slaves
Date created ms
1849-02-10, 1849-02-10
Abstract
New Orleans. Appraisal by the Citizens Bank of Louisiana of three slaves property of the widow Reggio.
Baptismal certificate of Hortense, a black infant, child of Josina and Antonio, slaves belonging to the widow Benoit
title
Baptismal certificate of Hortense, a black infant, child of Josina and Antonio, slaves belonging to the widow Benoit
Subject
Documents, Baptismal certificates, Slaves
Date created ms
1796, 1796
Abstract
Father Barrière certified that he baptized a black infant named Hortense, aged two months and eight days, the natural daughter of slaves Josina and Antonio, both the property of the widow Benoit. The godparents were Miguel and Maria Ana, also slaves of the family.
Bill of sale of a negro boy
title
Bill of sale of a negro boy
Subject
Documents, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade
Abstract
Boy named Narcisse, from Miriam Guekairy to Shepperd Brown.
Personal letter from "Marion," [Louisiana], to her cousin [Anne], no place
title
Personal letter from "Marion," [Louisiana], to her cousin [Anne], no place
Subject
Correspondence, Documents, Plantations, Slaves
Date created ms
1863-05, 1863-05
Abstract
The writer told her cousin about the Union troops in Franklin, [Louisiana], and repeated the rumor that the Federals would go up to the Red River. She mentioned that one Mr. McWilliams was running a government plantation, "belonging I suppose to some true hearted Confederate...Such people should be remembered after the war." The majority of the men had taken the Oath of Allegiance, except for Mr. Nelson and Mr. Robertson. She also told of Old Hannah, a slave who, to the surprise of all the family, "had her things taken to the boat and off she went."
Power of attorney given by Madame de Lisa, New Orleans, to Jean Baptiste Beauvais, Pointe Coupée
title
Power of attorney given by Madame de Lisa, New Orleans, to Jean Baptiste Beauvais, Pointe Coupée
Subject
Documents, Business & finance, Slaves, Law & legal affairs
Date created ms
1811-02-13, 1811-02-13
Abstract
Marie Françoise Moro, wife of Joaquin Joseph de Lisa, with her husband's consent, granted power of attorney to Jean Baptiste Beauvais to sell for her a slave named Honoré
Procès-verbal of auction of community property belonging jointly to François Jacques Ozenne and his deceased wife Marguerite Decuir, Saint Martin Parish
title
Procès-verbal of auction of community property belonging jointly to François Jacques Ozenne and his deceased wife Marguerite Decuir, Saint Martin Parish
Subject
Documents, Sale of property, Slaves, Estates
Date created ms
1818-04-16, 1818-04-16
Abstract
The community property holdings of François Jacques Ozenne and his deceased wife Marguerite Decuir, which were sold at auction before Judge Paul Briant, Saint Martin Parish, included a plantation on Bayou Tortu, a property near l'Ile du Large, household goods, livestock, and sixteen adult slaves. The document gives the age and describes the physical condition of each slave. Witnesses to the sale where Louis Chemin and Godefroy Decuir. A list of names of the persons present at the auction helps to clarify the interrelationships between the Ozenne, Decuir, and Beauvais families of Saint Martin Parish.
Procès-verbal of the public sale of the estate of Jacques François Ozenne, Saint Martin Parish
title
Procès-verbal of the public sale of the estate of Jacques François Ozenne, Saint Martin Parish
Subject
Documents, Sale of property, Estates, Slaves
Date created ms
1819-11-15, 1819-11-15
Abstract
The estate of Jacques François Ozenne was sold at public auction at the request of his heirs - Edmond Ozenne; Ursin Ozenne; Jean Baptiste Beauvais, representing his wife Bridget; Louis Gary, representing the widow L'Abbé; and Charles Mayer, acting for Pouponne Ozenne La Barthe. Included in the sale were personal items, books, furniture, and three slaves. The buyers' names and purchase prices were given.
Procès-verbal of the sale of community property belonging to the estate of Joseph Hebert and his widow Adelaïde Allain, Iberville Parish
title
Procès-verbal of the sale of community property belonging to the estate of Joseph Hebert and his widow Adelaïde Allain, Iberville Parish
Subject
Documents, Sale of property, Slaves
Date created ms
1825-01-11, 1825-01-11
Abstract
This extract is a record of the sale of three young slaves to Joseph Henry, a minor with rights of majority, who was assisted by Joseph Capdeviele, his curator. The slaves were adolescents, two males, age twelve and fourteen, and a female, age eighteen, with her child of two months.
Will and testament of Maria Olivares, widow of Joseph Galvez, New Orleans
title
Will and testament of Maria Olivares, widow of Joseph Galvez, New Orleans
Subject
Documents, Wills, Slaves, Inheritance & succession, Estates
Date created ms
1806-02-05, 1806-02-05
Abstract
The widow Galvez declared that she was born in the Canary Islands, the legitimate daughter of Andres Hernandez and Josefa Olivares. She was a resident of Barataria, where she owned land and some sixty head of cattle. Her chattels included two slaves, a male and female, and the latter was to be freed after the death of Mrs. Galvez. She appointed as the executors and universal heirs of her estate Maria Dauberville, widow Bouligny, and Luis Bouligny.

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