Edouard, a thirty- or thirty-three-year-old man of color, seeks to recover his freedom. Edouard claims that the siblings Paulin and Marie Louise Ricard, free people of color, assisted by their former tutors, Cyprien Ricard and George Dalhonde, also free people of color, hold him and his brother Jean Louis, also known as Bouqui, as their slaves. Edouard further represents that he "has been kept in the Jail of the first Municipality of New Orleans, working in the gang chain of slaves," while his brother is held at the Ricard's plantation in Iberville. Edouard asserts that the court has previously upheld his right to freedom when he intervened in the case of "Paulin & Marie Louise Ricard vs. Mandeville Marigny." In addition, he informs the court that he and his brother are entitled to their freedom because their mother, Dauphine, and their "grand mother were free & came free to New Orleans in 1809 & were free in Santo Domingo and at St Yago de Cuba before their arrival into the State of Louisiana." In consequence of all these facts, Edouard prays that the court grant him and his brother freedom plus monetary damages equal to the value of their lost wages.
Result: Denied.
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Repository: Iberville Parish Courthouse, Plaquemine, Louisiana
