Petition #20881988

• Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. June 2, 1819. - January 31, 1821.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the third District Court of the State of Louisiana. Sitting in and for the Parish of Feliciana

Abstract

François Allain, a free man of color, claims that he was the "true and sole owner" of a thirty-year-old male slave, a "griffe" named Regis, who was "illegally & wrongfully" killed the previous year by Colonel Robert Young. Allain therefore prays that Young be made to pay him $2,000 in compensation for the loss.

Result: Denied; appealed; upheld.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Transcript of Court Records, 4 January 1819-31 January 1821, including: Testimony, John Middlesworth, et al., 21 April 1820; Copy of Sale Proceedings, Estate of Augustin Allain, 15 February 1808, certified 16 December 1818; Verdict, 24 April 1820; Order, 24 April 1820; and Supreme Court Opinion, 31 January 1821
• Pages of related documents: 26

6 people are documented within petition 20881988

• 1 Free person of color
• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: University of New Orleans

• Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection

Subjects

• Death of enslaved (disease)
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• FPOC sues white
• Overseers
• Right to carry (enslaved)
• Freedom seekers
• Theft by enslaved
• White affection (enslaved)
• Death of enslaved (other)
• Management (enslaved)
• Travel passes
• Assessed Value (enslaved)