Michel Blanchard, a free man of color, asks the court to order the posting of the emancipation notices for his thirty-one-year-old slave, Adelaïde, a native of Saint Domingue. Michel Blanchard cites Adelaïde's good conduct as the reason for his decision, as well as his legal obligation to meet the terms of sale imposed on him by her previous owners, Joseph Hardy and his wife [Original in French].
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
