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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 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 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 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 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 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 the estate of Ursule Olive Latoison, Number 85F, 1815.
title
Emancipation petition of the estate of Ursule Olive Latoison, Number 85F, 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 the estate of Ursule Olive Latoison, a free woman of color, to free the enslaved woman Iphigenie. Iphigenie is described as a negress of thirty years or more. The executor of Latoison's estate is Antoine Abat, a free man of color. In French and English.
Indenture of Daniel with Benjamin Morris, Volume 2, Number 20, 1815 September 21
title
Indenture of Daniel with Benjamin Morris, Volume 2, Number 20, 1815 September 21
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-09-21
Abstract
In this indenture, Daniel (described as a free negro man of 30 years) bounds himself as servant to Benjamin Morris.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Bellovue Bouder with Francis Bellevue Barbier, Volume 2, Number 32, 1815 June 5
title
Indenture of Bellovue Bouder with Francis Bellevue Barbier, Volume 2, Number 32, 1815 June 5
Subject
Free blacks, Haiti, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-06-05
Abstract
In this indenture, Bellovue Bouder (described as a free boy of color of 18 years of age from Saint Domingue) bound himself as servant to Francis Bellevue Barbier.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Auguste with Louis Leroi sponsored by Claire, Volume 2, Number 42, 1815 March 14
title
Indenture of Auguste with Louis Leroi sponsored by Claire, Volume 2, Number 42, 1815 March 14
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-03-14
Abstract
In this indenture, Auguste (described as a young free negro of 15 years of age) is sponsored by his mother Claire (described as a free negress) as an apprentice to Louis Leroi to learn to be a joiner. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of John Williams with Francis Holland, Volume 2, Number 2, 1815 December 20
title
Indenture of John Williams with Francis Holland, Volume 2, Number 2, 1815 December 20
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans.", Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-12-20
Abstract
In this indenture, John Williams (described as a free negro man of 25 years of age, born in New York) contracts with Francis Holland to be a servant.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Receipt for payment to Rose, a free girl of colour, 1815 March 3.
title
Receipt for payment to Rose, a free girl of colour, 1815 March 3.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Formulas, recipes, etc, Laundry workers, Louisiana, New Orleans, Hospitals, Employees
Date created ms
1815-03-03
Abstract
Receipt for payment to Rose, a free woman of color, for living one month as washerwoman in the Hospital for General Coffees' Brigade. Robert L. Cobb, a surgeon in the 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, certifies that Rose is entitled to be paid 10 dollars for the month, and the claim is attested to by David C. Ker, a hospital surgeon for the U.S. Army. Endorsed by Major General Andrew Jackson.
Réflexions sur la campagne du Général André Jackson, en Louisiane, en 1814 et 1815...
title
Réflexions sur la campagne du Général André Jackson, en Louisiane, en 1814 et 1815...
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, Marigny, Bernard, 1785-1868, Army, African American troops, Pamphlets, Creoles, Louisiana
Date created ms
1848
Abstract
Pamphlet by Bernard Marigny, published in New Orleans (1848) by J. L. Sollée, entitled: Réflexions sur la Campagne du Général André Jackson, en Louisiane, en 1814 et 1815, par Bernard Marigny, né à la Nouvelle-Orléans en 1785, membre du Comité de Défense nommé par la Chambre des Reprèsentans en 1814; ex-Président du Sénat de la Louisiane; membre de la Convention qui Érigea le Territoire d'Orléans en État, en 1812; et membre de la Convention de 1844 et 1845 qui Donna une Nouvelle Constitution àcet État.

In the pamphlet, Marigny attempts to correct the impression of most Americans that Louisianans of French descent were not zealous in their defense of New Orleans by discussing those who fought in the Battle, organized committees of defense, etc., trying to make the point that the battle could not have been won without the locals. He includes in his descriptions the actions of many specific individuals, including free people of color. In French.
Indenture of Philippe with Antoine Dellattre sponsored by Bastieu, Volume 2, Number 30, 1815 June 27.
title
Indenture of Philippe with Antoine Dellattre sponsored by Bastieu, Volume 2, Number 30, 1815 June 27.
Subject
Orphans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans.", Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-06-27
Abstract
In this indenture, Philippe (described as a young free negro and orphan of 13 years of age) is sponsored by his brother Bastieu (described as a free negro) as an apprentice to Antoine Dellattre to learn to be a bricklayer. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of William Stephens with Charles Chauvage, Volume 2, Number 24, 1815 August 22.
title
Indenture of William Stephens with Charles Chauvage, Volume 2, Number 24, 1815 August 22.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans.", Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-08-22
Abstract
In this indenture, William Stephens (described as a free negro boy of 18 years of age, born in the city of Baltimore) contracts as an apprentice to Charles Chauvage (described as a free man of color) to learn to be a shoemaker.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Hypolite Jean Marigny with John Goldenbow sponsored by Marie Soulet, Volume 2, Number 55, 1815 October 9
title
Indenture of Hypolite Jean Marigny with John Goldenbow sponsored by Marie Soulet, Volume 2, Number 55, 1815 October 9
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1815-10-09
Abstract
In this indenture, Hypolite Jean Marigny (described as a free mulatto) is sponsored by his mother, Marie Soulet (described as a free quadroon), as an apprentice to John Goldenbow to learn to be a cutler. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
William T. Johnson and family papers. Volume 42, ledger, 1852 March-1859 August.
title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Volume 42, ledger, 1852 March-1859 August.
Subject
Free African Americans, Mississippi, Natchez, African American families, Mississippi, Natchez, African American women, Mississippi, Natchez, African American children, Mississippi, Natchez, Clothing and dress, Mississippi, Natchez, Sewing, Home economics, Mississippi, Natchez, Account books
Date created ms
1852, 1859
Abstract
The Johnson family ledger contains record of expenses for purchases of fabric, shoes, and clothing for the Johnson family children dating from March 1852 to August 1859. The book was probably kept by Ann Battles Johnson, a free woman of color and the wife of William T. Johnson, a free man of color. The ledger was created shortly after her husband's murder in 1851, when she had assumed the responsibility of managing the family household and businesses.

The back of the ledger contains some day book entries discussing the children's schooling and music lessons. The binding of the book includes some doodles and the signatures of Richard Johnson and Anna Johnson, the children of Ann Battles and William T. Johnson.
Cane River collection, 1855.
title
Cane River collection, 1855.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American women, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.), Mortgages, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Natchitoches (La.), History, 19th century, Metoyer, Marie Antoinette, born 1815, Promissory notes, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Legal documents
Date created ms
1855
Abstract
Legal and financial papers comprising a mortgage, promissory note, receipt, warrant, and summons all from 1855. Papers relating to free people of color include a mortgage granted by Antoinette Metoyer, the widow of Joseph Augustin Metoyer, to Grecini Deslouches. One item in French.
Indenture of Emille Dupart with Michel Randolphe sponsored by Charles Dupart, Volume 2, Number 6, 1815 December 2
title
Indenture of Emille Dupart with Michel Randolphe sponsored by Charles Dupart, Volume 2, Number 6, 1815 December 2
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans.", Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1815-12-02
Abstract
In this indenture, Emille Dupart (described as a free child of color of 12 years of age) is sponsored by his father Charles Dupart (described as a free man of color) as an apprentice to Michel Randolphe to learn to be a cobbler and bootmaker. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.

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