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Criminal case file no. 113, Government [Territory of Orleans] v. Louis Alexis, 1807
title
Criminal case file no. 113, Government [Territory of Orleans] v. Louis Alexis, 1807
Subject
Alexis, Louis, Trials, litigation, etc, Lerigne, Joseph, Women slaves, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century, Trials (Riots), Louisiana, Louisiana, Trials (Burglary), Louisiana
Date created ms
1807-07-23
Abstract
Indictment, set forth in the Territory of Orleans, City Court, of Louis Alexis for entering the house Joseph Lerigne and stealing his slave, Rachel, on July 4, 1807. Signed by Attorney General John W. Gurley. Alexis was also charged with rioting in a separate indictment. Arraigned July 14, 1807 and plead not guilty. Pardon, signed by Gov. William C.C. Claiborne on July 23, 1807, includes seal of the Territory.
Civil suit record no. 87, William Stewart v. William Craig, 1805
title
Civil suit record no. 87, William Stewart v. William Craig, 1805
Subject
Craig, William, Trials, litigation, etc, Lucy, Stewart, William, Trials, litigation, etc, Bail, Louisiana, Trials, Louisiana, Women slaves, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century
Date created ms
1805-08-10
Abstract
Dispute over the ownership of a female slave named Lucy, whom William Stewart claims he sold to William Craig for $480 but was never paid. File contains petition, affidavit and summons. Petition written by Louis Magiony for Stewart also contains affidavit of Magiony sworn before Justice of the Peace Blaise Cenas. Summons, written by Thomas S. Kennedy, contains order from Judge James Workman holding defendant to bail and note that defendant was "non est inventus" on verso. Filed Aug. 10, 1810.
Criminal case file no. 92, Territory of Orleans v. Joseph y Lopez, 1806
title
Criminal case file no. 92, Territory of Orleans v. Joseph y Lopez, 1806
Subject
Joseph y Lopez, Trials, litigation, etc, Louisa, Trials (Assault and battery), Louisiana, Women slaves, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century
Date created ms
1806-07-26
Abstract
Bill of information, set forth in the Territory of Orleans, County Court, for the indictment of Joseph y Lopez for assault of Louisa, a slave of John [Meslier?], on July 15, 1806. Signed and dated July 26, 1806 by prosecutor R.R. Keene.
Criminal case file no. 79, Territory of Orleans v. John Heredin, 1806
title
Criminal case file no. 79, Territory of Orleans v. John Heredin, 1806
Subject
Clarissa, Heredin, John, Trials, litigation, etc, Mills, Alexander, Trials (Assault and battery), Louisiana, Women slaves, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century
Date created ms
1806-06-12
Abstract
Bills of information, set forth in the territory of Orleans, County Court, for the indictment of John Heredin for assault to Clarissa, a slave, on June 12, 1806. Ordered filed June 12, 1806. Includes initial presentment from Justice of the Peace B. Cenas to Keene, based on the charge of Alexander Mills, owner of Clarissa.
Criminal case file no. 182, Territory of Orleans v. Rose Marie, 1810
title
Criminal case file no. 182, Territory of Orleans v. Rose Marie, 1810
Subject
Manent, Antoine, Manent, Maximillein, Trials (Poisoning), Louisiana, Women prisoners, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Women slaves, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century
Date created ms
1810-12-08
Abstract
Indictment, set forth in the New Orleans City Court, of Rose Marie, a slave, for attempting to poison Louis de Feriet, her master, and his three children on Nov. 27, 1810. Includes affidavits (in French), taken by Justice of the Peace Pierre Colsson, of Louis De Feriet and Rose Marie. Filed Dec. 8, 1810.
Civil suit record no. 281, Davis & Harper v. John Cornen, 1807
title
Civil suit record no. 281, Davis & Harper v. John Cornen, 1807
Subject
Davis & Harper, Trials, litigation, etc, Promissory notes, Louisiana, Trials, Louisiana, Women slaves, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century
Date created ms
1808-01-29
Abstract
Dispute over the payment of a promissory note for $264.22 written by John Cornen and Paul Gavace to Davis & Harper on March 2, 1805. File contains petition, judgement, summons, fieri facias and promissory note. On Dec. 4, 1807, Judge L. Moreau Lislet ruled for the plantiff in the amount of $254.22 plus court costs. Noted on verso of summons that a female slave was seized and released at the request of the plaintiff after the defendant promised to pay the debt in "a short time." Summons and fieri facias written by Thomas S. Kennedy. Fieri facias dated Jan. 29, 1808.
Félicité Aurore Barbier Bouny emancipation petition, 1842 March.
title
Félicité Aurore Barbier Bouny emancipation petition, 1842 March.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, Bouny family, Slave records, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Bouny, Félicité Aurore Barbier, active 1838-1842, Coralie (Slave of Félicité Aurore Barbier Bouny), born 1802?, Women slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Women landowners, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1842-03
Abstract
A petition for the emancipation of Coralie, a slave, aged 40, belonging to Félicité Aurore Barbier Bouny. The document certifies that the widow of Bouny is the owner of Coralie and that the latter was always "respectful, obedient, and loyal to whites." In French.
Norbert Badin papers, LaCaze Papers, Folder 01-01, 1824-1856.
title
Norbert Badin papers, LaCaze Papers, Folder 01-01, 1824-1856.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Women slaves, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Consumer goods, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, History, 19th century, Lacaze, Celestin, born 1798, Lacaze, Michel, born 1801, Lacaze, Rosalie, Lacaze, Marie Delphine Laisa, Accounts, Financial statements, Invoices, Promissory notes
Date created ms
1824, 1856
Abstract
Business papers of Celestin and Michel LaCaze--both free Creoles of color of Isle Brevelle in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana--consisting of bills and receipts for various goods. Most of these bills and receipts indicate the status of the LaCaze brothers as "mullatres libres" or "h. c. l." ("homme de colour libre"). Includes several bills for Rosalie LaCaze, the mother of Michel and Celestin and a slave of Jacques LaCaze. Transactions between the LaCaze brothers and Auguste Metoyer are also represented. All but three items are in French.
Cane River collection, 1822.
title
Cane River collection, 1822.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Slave bills of sale, Slave trade, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Women slaves, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Metoyer, Nicolas Augustin, 1768-1856, Metoyer, Joseph Antoine, 1778-1838
Date created ms
1822
Abstract
Primarily bills of sale. Includes two slave bills of sale from Augustin Metoyer to husband and wife: Marie Pelagie Lemoine [LeCourt] and Joseph Metoyer, also Augustin's brother. In French.
Philip Moore emancipation petition, 1847 April 20.
title
Philip Moore emancipation petition, 1847 April 20.
Subject
African Americans, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave records, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slavery, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 19th century, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Women slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Executors and administrators, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, Laundresses, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents
Date created ms
1847-04-20
Abstract
A petition to emancipate the enslaved woman "Henrietta" filed by Philip Moore to execute the request of his late mother. Includes a testimonial by the witness Wheelock S. Upton for whom Henrietta worked as a washerwoman.
Cane River collection, 1826.
title
Cane River collection, 1826.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer, Marie Agnes Poissot, 1769-1856, Metoyer, Joseph Antoine, 1778-1838, Metoyer, Dominique, 1776-1839, Metoyer, Pierre, 1772-1833, Rachal, Pierre, born 1802, Slave bills of sale, Slave trade, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Women slaves, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.)
Date created ms
1826
Abstract
Chiefly notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, bills of sale, successions, estate inventories, and reports filed by various people in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana in 1826. Several documents concern the Metoyers, a family of free people of color who founded the Cane River community. A slave bill of sale transfers an enslaved female from Dominique Metoyer, fils (likely J. B. Dominique), to his brother-in-law, Pierre Rachal, also a free man of color. Also present is a slave bill of sale by Pierre Metoyer to his son, also named Pierre Metoyer. A bill of sale conveys two stray horses to Pierre Derbanne and Joseph Metoyer. Also included is the last will and testament of Marie Agnes, wife of Augustin Metoyer. In French.
John McDonogh papers. Folders 238-247, 1811-1848.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 238-247, 1811-1848.
Subject
McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slaveholders, Louisiana, Women slaves, Louisiana, Slave trade, Louisiana, Fugitive slaves, United States, Sugar growing, Louisiana, Land tenure, Louisiana, Infrastructure (Economics), Louisiana, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century, Landlord and tenant, Louisiana, Education, Louisiana
Date created ms
1811, 1848
Abstract
Letters from a variety of persons to John McDonogh reference the purchase of enslaved persons, a fugitive slave, tenant issues, infrastructure (roads, levees, and bridges), monetary loans, plantation management, and an educational project. In one letter, P. Winfree, a planter, requests a loan to finance the switch from cotton to sugarcane cultivation and describes his group of thirty-two enslaved persons. Also present is a survey map produced by the State of Louisiana outlining the lands of James Williams, John Burr, Jean Lejaune, Paul Deslandes.
Charlotte emancipation petition, 1827 March 15.
title
Charlotte emancipation petition, 1827 March 15.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, African American women, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Doussan, Honoré, 1784-186?, Slave records, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Women slaves, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Charlotte, born 1811?, French, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish
Date created ms
1827
Abstract
A petition submitted March 15, 1827 requesting the emancipation of a slave named Charlotte, age 16. Certified April 25, 1827, the document grants her legal rights since no one opposed the petition in the required forty days. In French and English.
Jean Jacques Montfort and Marie Eulalie Blais marriage contract, 1829 October 26.
title
Jean Jacques Montfort and Marie Eulalie Blais marriage contract, 1829 October 26.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Spouses, Louisiana, New Orleans, Creoles, Louisiana, New Orleans, Cuban American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave records, Women slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Prenuptial agreements, Louisiana, New Orleans, Dowry, Louisiana, New Orleans, Women landowners, Louisiana, New Orleans, Marriage records, Louisiana, New Orleans, Saint-Domingue, Immigrants, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1829-10-26
Abstract
A marriage contract between Jean Jacques Montfort and Marie Eulalie Blais, both free people of color. The document includes an inventory of Marie Eulalie's dowry comprising a property on Burgundy St.; an enslaved person, aged 13 years, named Melie; monies, silver, furniture, clothing, and jewelry. In the agreement, the future wife reserves the right to retain and administer separate property. Document in French with English translation.
Josias Gray slave bill of sale, 1839 July 11.
title
Josias Gray slave bill of sale, 1839 July 11.
Subject
African Americans, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave trade, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, African American women, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, Women slaves, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, Slaves, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, Financial instruments, Legal documents
Date created ms
1839-07-11
Abstract
A bill of sale for the transfer of 15 enslaved persons by Josias Gray to Ann Maria, a free woman of color. The deed was executed to compensate Ann Maria for serving as Gray's housekeeper since her emancipation. The inventory lists the names and ages of the enslaved persons purchased as well as their total value at $13,000.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-09, 1827-1830.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-09, 1827-1830.
Subject
Free African Americans, 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, Bills of sale, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Women slaves, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American women, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Free African Americans, Women, Legal documents
Date created ms
1827, 1830
Abstract
Chiefly bills of sale for Jean Baptiste Meullion's cotton account with Toledano & Gaillard Company. Also present is a manumission paper granting freedom to Susanne, an enslaved person of about fifty-five years of age, by Sambo Bellestre, a free man of color. Documents are in French except for manumission record.
Emancipation petition of Antoine Abat, Number 90D, 1831.
title
Emancipation petition of Antoine Abat, Number 90D, 1831.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Women slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1831
Abstract
Petition of Antoine Abat to free the enslaved woman Rosette, who is described as a mulatress slave aged upwards of 30 years.
Marguerite emancipation record, 1788 February 3.
title
Marguerite emancipation record, 1788 February 3.
Subject
African Americans, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Opelousas, Slave records, Louisiana, Opelousas, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, Opelousas, De Villiers, Joseph, born 1747, Women slaves, Louisiana, Opelousas, African American women, Louisiana, Opelousas, Marguerite, active 1788, Legal documents
Date created ms
1788-02-03
Abstract
A legal document in which Joseph de Villiers grants liberty to his slave, Marguerite, who is described as a mulatto. In French.
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