<petition><petition_analysis_number>20881725</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20881725</petition_url><state>Louisiana</state><county>Orleans</county><location_type>Parish</location_type><file_day>2</file_day><file_month>6</file_month><file_year>1817</file_year><filing_court>Parish</filing_court><end_day>2</end_day><end_month>6</end_month><end_year>1817</end_year><ending_court>Parish</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana</repository><abstract>Pierre Maurel presents to the court that he is "willing to Emancipate" his thirty-four-year-old female slave named Adele.  He declares that Adele has always "served him faithfully &amp; never was guilty of any criminal fault" or of running away.  He therefore asks the court to order that the "usual advices" be posted up "according to law."</abstract><subjects><subject>owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave</subject></subjects></petition>