Izidore Labatut, "afflicted with a great Deafness," requests the manumission of his slave Louiza and her four children. Foreign-born Labatut reports that he has been "a Resident in this City of Charleston upwards of twenty five years" and that the said Louiza has provided "important services" to him over the twelve-year-period in which he suffered from a painful disease. He further attests that, "during this long period of Services," he was "twice Saved from Dreadfull fire at night by her Vigilance." The petitioner reveals that six years ago, in consequence of her "good conduct," he promised "to emancipate her, together with her children." Labatut therefore solicits the House of Representatives "to take my petition into Consideration, and to grant me the permission to Keep my promise, as a man of honor, in emancipating the said Coloured woman Louiza with her four children, as she is very worthy of Such a reward for her Good qualities and Behaviour."
Result: Referred to committee on emancipations; rejected.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
