John Ellie Jolly, a merchant, presents to the police jury that he is the owner of a thirty-eight-year-old female slave named Marie, also known as Josephine, whom he purchased in 1827, together with two other slaves, from a certain Michel Laudun. He further presents that, during the ten years that Marie has been in his service, she has been a good and faithful servant, who has, through "her labour and economy," laid aside and delivered to him the sum of $700 for the purchase of her freedom. John Jolly adds that, although Marie is of "greater value" to him than the "said sum," he is willing to "emancipate and set her free" as a reward for her "services and industry." Jolly vouches that Marie is of "good moral character" and "able to provide for all her wants and to gain honestly her livelihood." He asks the police jury to authorize him to emancipate Marie, "with permission to remain" in the state.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
