Petition #20881413

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. May 31, 1814. - June 22, 1814.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of Said District

Abstract

The Attorney General, F. X. Martin, petitions on behalf of the State of Louisiana to detain and sell a slave named Harry. According to Martin, Harry was "unlawfully imported into this State ... on board the Schooner Constance." Martin "prays that a writ may issue directing the Sheriff to seize and detain said negro slave."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20881410, #20881415, #20881434, #20881435, #20881438; Order, 31 May 1814; Order, 22 June 1814; Sheriff's return, 30 November 1815
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20881413

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Records of the First Judicial District Court, Case Records
• Microfilm: Reel #1, Louisiana Collection

Subjects

• FPOC sues FPOC
• Ships
• Caribbean Islands, migration from/to
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Slave trade (Atlantic)