Petition #20882971

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra March 2, 1829. - March 2, 1829.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: To the honorable James Pitot Judge of the Parish Court for the Parish & City of New Orleans

Abstract

Philippe Hazeur, a free man of color, presents to the court that he "has the intention" of emancipating his thirty-seven-year-old mulatto slave ["a griff"] named Baptiste, who is also his son. He asks the court to order that the notices of emancipation be posted up "according to law."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20882583 in the Hazeur Series; Order, 2 March 1829; Sheriff's Return, 6 March 1829
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20882971

• 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 177A
• Microfilm: Reel #98-5

Subjects

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