Petition #20883624
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. October 4, 1836. - May 23, 1838.
- Court: Police Jury
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Parish Judge for the city and Parish of New Orleans, and to the Police Jury for the same parish
Abstract
Edouard Coco, a free man of color, presents to the court and the police jury that, in 1835, he purchased his thirty-six-year-old wife named Rachel from Magdelaine Fletcher and Julie Aglae Winter, with the express intention of "procuring unto her a participation in the blessings of freedom" that he himself enjoys and that has been granted to him only a short time ago. He asks the court and the jury to authorize him to emancipate Rachel and to authorize the sheriff to make the publications "required by law."
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: Certificate, 4 October 1836; Order, 23 May 1838; Sheriff's Return, 4 June 1838; Extracts from Police Jury Deliberations, 23 September 1837, 17 November 1837, certified ca. 17 November 1837
- Pages of related documents: 1
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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 26I
- Microfilm: Reel #98-1
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