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Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-05, 1815-1818.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-05, 1815-1818.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Slave bills of sale, Bills of sale, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Land tenure, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Slave trade, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Letters, Maps
Date created ms
1815, 1818
Abstract
Business records of Jean Baptiste Meullion, a free man of color, including bills of sale for his accounts with Debuys and Laune, Arnaud Carraby, and S. S. (Simon?) Bernard. Includes a slave bill of sale for the transfer of Mary, age 33, from Theophilus Elmer. Also present is a letter and map from M. Pellechet to T. F. Mezieula (J. B. Meullion?) confirming the accuracy of his land survey. Documents are in French except for slave bill of sale.
Emancipation petition of Paul Martin, Number 85L, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Paul Martin, Number 85L, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Paul Martin to free the enslaved woman Sophia, who is described as a negro woman aged above 30 years.
Emancipation petition of Jean Baptiste Ramonet, Number 85B, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Jean Baptiste Ramonet, Number 85B, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Jean Baptiste Ramonet to free the enslaved woman Madeleine Henriette, who is described as a negress of about 30 years of age. In French and English.
Emancipation petition of Jacques Enoul Livaudais, Number 28A, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Jacques Enoul Livaudais, Number 28A, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Jacques Enoul Livaudais to free the slaves Felicite (described as a negro woman of 66 years of age), Alexander (described as a mulatto man of 50 years of age), and Marie (described as a negro woman of 59 years of age who sells his regrettables).
Emancipation petition of Rosette Robin, Number 105C, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Rosette Robin, Number 105C, 1815.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Rosette Robin, a free woman of color, to free the enslaved person Pognon, who is described as a mulatto slave of about 30 years of age. In French and English.
Emancipation petition of Pedro Tedasta, Number 85E, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Pedro Tedasta, Number 85E, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Pedro Tedasta, a merchant, to free the enslaved woman Marie Louise, who is 31 years of age.
Emancipation petition of John H. Holland, Number 85A, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of John H. Holland, Number 85A, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of John H. Holland to free the enslaved man David Drake. David is described as a negro man of about 45 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Mathurin Juin, Number 178B, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Mathurin Juin, Number 178B, 1815.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1819
Abstract
Petition of Mathurin Juin, a free man of color, to free the enslaved woman Rosette, who is described as a negro female slave of about 30 years of age.
Emancipation petition of John Aqueron, Number 28H, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of John Aqueron, Number 28H, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of John Aqueron to free the enslaved woman Charlotte, who is described as a negro wench of 38 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Widow Mirlet, Number 28F, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Widow Mirlet, Number 28F, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Widow Mirlet to free the enslaved woman Elizabeth. Elizabeth is described as a mulatto woman of 34 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Widow Duvernay, Number 28G, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Widow Duvernay, Number 28G, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Widow Duvernay to free the enslaved woman Françoise (alias Bouquil), who is described as a female slave of about 43 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Benedic Amoul, Number 28K, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Benedic Amoul, Number 28K, 1815.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Benedic Amoul, described as a free negress, to free the enslaved woman Marguerite, who is described as a negress aged upwards of 30 years.
Emancipation petition of Louis Bellevue, Number 106A, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Louis Bellevue, Number 106A, 1815.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Louis Bellevue, a free man of color, to free the enslaved woman Helene, who is described as a negress slave aged about 36 years. In French.
Emancipation petition of Anthony Lange, Number 85C, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Anthony Lange, Number 85C, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Anthony Lange to free the enslaved woman Rosine, who is described as a female negro slave of about 33 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Francis Guiraud, Number 85K, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Francis Guiraud, Number 85K, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Francis Guiraud to free the enslaved man George, who is 36 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Joseph Prieto, Number 85G, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Joseph Prieto, Number 85G, 1815.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Joseph Prieto, a free man of color, to free the enslaved woman Charlotte, who is described as a negress woman of about 35 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Jullien O'Fre, Number 28B, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Jullien O'Fre, Number 28B, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Jullien O'Fre to free the enslaved woman Bonne (alias Marie Julienne). Bonne is described as a mulatto woman of about 31 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Julie Fernandes, Number 85H, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Julie Fernandes, Number 85H, 1815.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Julie Fernandes, a free woman of color, to free the enslaved man Baptiste, who is about 49 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Louis D'Aquin, Number 106D, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of Louis D'Aquin, Number 106D, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of Louis D'Aquin to free the enslaved woman Rosette, who is described as a negro wench of about 50 years of age.
Emancipation petition of John Chevalier, Number 28D, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of John Chevalier, Number 28D, 1815.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1815
Abstract
Petition of John Chevalier to free the enslaved woman Jeanne, who is described as a negro woman of more than 33 years of age.

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