Petition #20881667

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. June 8, 1816. - June 12, 1816.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: A l'honorable James Pitot juge de la Cour de Paroisse pour la ville & paroisse de la Nlle Orléans

Abstract

Auguste François, a free man of color, asks the court to order the sheriff to post the notices required by the law to emancipate his sixty-eight-year old-slave, named Nicolas, also known as François. Auguste François vouches that Nicolas has always been of exemplary conduct, has never robbed anyone, and never tried to run away [Original in French].

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 12 June 1816; Sheriff's Return, 15 June 1816
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20881667

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Records of the Parish Court, Emancipation Petitions 1813-1843
• Page: frame 81C
• Microfilm: Reel #98-3

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Seniors (enslaved)
• Enslaver (FPOC)