Dominique Cadet, a man of color, prays to be declared free. He avers that he is unjustly held as a slave by the heirs of the late Elizabeth Sanite Ridoré, a free woman of color, who now threaten to sell him. Dominique prays for the right to institute a suit for his freedom and, in the meantime, that the Ridoré heirs be "prohibited from selling or in any manner disposing of him." Related documents reveal that Dominique was born of a woman named Marie Jeanne, the slave of the late Elizabeth Ridoré. When he was one year old, Dominique was purchased by his white father, Toussaint Poucelle, who intended to raise him as a free man but died before he could act on his intention.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
