Petition #20882580

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra March 11, 1825. - March 11, 1825.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: To the honble James Pitot judge of the parish Court in and for the parish and city of New Orleans

Abstract

Clarice Prieto, a free woman of color, presents to the court that she "is desirous to avail herself" of a 19 February 1825 act that authorized her to emancipate her daughter named Josephine. She therefore asks the court to order that the "necessary publications" be made.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 11 March 1825; Sheriff's Return, 12 March 1825; Extract from the publication called The Argus, 11 March 1825
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20882580

• 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 92E
• Microfilm: Reel #98-4

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Frees own family (FPOC)