Victoire, a free woman of color, presents to the police jury that she is the mother of a twenty-five-year-old slave named Charles and a twenty-two-year-old slave named Louis, both of whom she purchased "statu libra" in 1819. She explains that both boys are "in the brick laying trade," thus "capable in every respect" of earning a living if they were "set free," and both enjoy a good reputation. With her petition, Victoire submits a certificate of character in the French language, which attests that both boys are industrious, sober and well regarded ["industrieux, sobres & généralement bien considérés"]. She asks the police jury to dispense with the age requirement and to authorize her to appear before the "honble Parish Court" to fulfill the further requisites for the emancipation of her son.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
