<petition><petition_analysis_number>20882075</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20882075</petition_url><state>Louisiana</state><county>Orleans</county><location_type>Parish</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_day>16</file_day><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1820</file_year><filing_court>Parish</filing_court><end_day>16</end_day><end_month>12</end_month><end_year>1820</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>Similien Labranche seeks the emancipation of his forty-year-old female slave named Marie Louise.  He vouches that Marie Louise has always "kept" an honest conduct and has never run away.  He therefore prays that the usual publications be made for Marie Louise's emancipation.</abstract><subjects><subject>owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave</subject></subjects></petition>