Petition #20881434

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. October 18, 1814. - November 17, 1814.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Honorable Judge of the District

Abstract

The Attorney General, F. X. Martin, petitions on behalf of the State of Louisiana to detain and sell three slaves. According to the petition, Antoine, Gerome, and Venture "were imported in to this state illegally & contrary to Law on or about the first of Jany 1813 from the coast of Africa a foreign country." Martin prays that the slaves "may be seized."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20881410, #20881413, #20881415, #20881435, #20881438; Order, 17 October 1814; Order, 17 November 1814; Extract from Minutes, 14 November 1814; Sheriff's Return, 10 December 1814
• Pages of related documents: 1

4 people are documented within petition 20881434

• 3 Enslaved
• 3 Defendants
• 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

• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Slave trade (Atlantic)