Petition #20881438

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. December 12, 1814. - June 8, 1815.
• 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 female slave and two male slaves. According to the petition, Mary, Virgil, and Lesperance "were on or about the month of December 1812 illegally imported ... from the coast of Africa or some other foreign port or country." Martin declares that the slaves "have become forfeited to the State" and therefore "prays that they may be seized by the Sheriff."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20881410, #20881413, #20881415, #20881434, #20881435; Sheriff's Return, 29 November 1815; Order, 12 December 1814; Judgment, 8 June 1815; Copy of Petition and Order, 12 December 1814
• Pages of related documents: 2

4 people are documented within petition 20881438

• 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 #1A, Louisiana Collection

Subjects

• Slave trade (Atlantic)