Petition #20885725

• Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. August 3, 1857. - March 28, 1859.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Honorable the District Court of the ninth Judicial District of the State of Louisiana, in & for the parish of Pointe Coupee

Abstract

Léon George seeks his freedom. George states that "he is a mulatto, and free, having enjoyed his freedom without any interruption from any one for the last twenty three or four years." Despite this fact, Henry Demouy "has lately attempted to exercise dominion" over him and now claims him as his slave. George prays that he be declared free and that he be granted judgment against Demouy for $1,000 in damages.

Result: Granted; appealed; affirmed.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: PARs #20884415, #20885309; Exceptions, 21 September 1857; Answer, Henry Demouy, 28 September 1857; Motion and Order to Produce Plaintiff, 30 September 1857; Peremptory Exception, ca. September 1857; Testimonies, Representative F. L. Claiborne, et al., 23 September 1858; Testimony, Leandre Lacour, 12 October 1858; Judgment, 8 October 1858; Motion for a New Trial, 7 October 1858; Supreme Court Opinion and Decree, 28 March 1859
• Pages of related documents: 21

7 people are documented within petition 20885725

• 1 Free person of color
• 3 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: University of New Orleans

• Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Freedom seekers
• Interracial relationships
• Family separated (Black)
• Family kept together (Black)