20882796https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20882796LouisianaOrleansParishy021827Parish2221827Parishgranted225New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, LouisianaMaria Moore Delorme, a free woman of color, asks the court to "lay" her "humble petition" before the Police Jury for their consent to the emancipation of her two slaves, twenty-eight-year-old daughter Jeanne and two-year-old grandson François. She presents that she has purchased Jeanne and François from Louis Chauvin Deléry, with the express intent to emancipate them. A related act of sale in the French language reveals that Louis Deléry was acting as the agent of his wife, Marie Corbin Deléry.Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slavePurchase/Sale (enslaved family)Warranty (enslaved)Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)Purchased for emancipation Frees own family (FPOC)Family kept together (Black)