Voltaire Auguste, a free man of color, presents to the court and the police jury that, in 1832, he purchased from John F. Miller his now thirty-two-year-old "natural," i.e., illegitimate, mulatto son named Auguste, under the express condition that he would free him. He vouches that Auguste is "sober, honest and industrious, healthy and competent to provide for his subsistance." He also vouches that he is "submissive and respectful in his demeanor towards white persons" and free from "any of the crimes or blemishes contemplated by law" in cases of emancipation. He asks the court to authorize him to emancipate his son "in due form" and to order the "requisite publications" [Docket in French].
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
