Charlote Bouligny, a free woman of color, represents to the court that in 1814 her grandson, Honore LaBretoniere, bought his own mother, Marie Therese, from one widow Bouligny. Charlote Bouligny explains that it was Honore's intention to free his mother from slavery and "to give her her liberty in the due form of law," but that circumstances obliged him to postpone the "accomplishment of That Laudable intention." She further explains that Honore has recently died and, as his only heir, she has become Marie Therese's owner and that it is "incumbent upon her" to immediately fulfill the formalities prescribed by law in order to legally emancipate her. She declares that fifty-four-year-old Marie Therese has always faithfully served "her masters" and that she has never been guilty of running away or of any crime. She asks the court to order that all the preliminary formalities "mentioned in the law" be complied with and the "advices" of emancipation immediately "posted up."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
