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slave-pen at New Orleans
title
slave-pen at New Orleans
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SLAVE-PEN AT NEW ORLEANS-BEFORE THE AUCTION. A SKETCH OF THE PAST.
Subject
Slave trade, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date Issued
1863-01-24
Abstract
The men and women are well clothed, in their Sunday best-the men in blue cloth of good quality, with beaver hats; and the women in calico dresses of more or less brilliancy, with silk bandana handkerchiefts bound round their heads. Placed in a row in a quiet thoroughfare, where, without interrupting the traffic, they may command a good chance of transient custom, they stand through a great part of the day, subject to the inspection of the purchasing or non-purchasing passing crowd. They look heavy, perhaps a little sad, but not altogether unhappy.
Log book
title
Log book
Subject
Creole (Brig), Slave insurrections, Slave trade, United States, History, Sources, Logbooks
Date created ms
1841
Abstract
Page from the log book of the brig "Creole," concerning mutiny of slaves on board.
Free persons of color and slave documents, 1808-1844.
title
Free persons of color and slave documents, 1808-1844.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Fugitive slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slavery, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave trade, Louisiana, New Orleans, Mather, James, 1750?-1821, Macarty, Augustin Francois de, 1774-1844, African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 19th century, Mayors, Louisiana, New Orleans, Municipal government, Louisiana, New Orleans, Marie Justine, born 1779?, Letters, Affidavits, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments), Certificates, Haitian Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)
Date created ms
1808, 1844
Abstract
Certificates, municipal records, sworn statements, a letter, and financial documents relating to free persons of color and enslaved persons in the New Orleans area. Three documents verify the status of free people of color: an affidavit by Michel Amfoux certifying that Marie Justine "Sangosse" was born free; a certificate by P. A. Delachaise, justice of the peace; and a statement by Francis Wadrick, a man of color, both attest that James Brown, a prisoner in New York, was a free man of color and never an enslaved person. A few documents concern the ownership or transfer of enslaved persons by the City of New Orleans and bear the signatures of city officials, including mayors James Mather and Augustin Macarty, and city jailor B. Puche. A document signed by James Mather and a receipt given by P. Puche to Mr. McDonald concern runaway slaves. The documents are in French, English, and Spanish.
Certified partial list of 63 slaves
title
Certified partial list of 63 slaves
Subject
Slave records, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, Sources, Slavery, Louisiana, Slave trade, Louisiana, New Orleans, Hibernia (Ship)
Date created ms
1831-11-18
Abstract
Certified partial list of 63 slaves belonging to R. Shelton, William Harris, and D.B. Alexander who were sent from Louisville, KY to New Orleans aboard the steamboat Hibernia, Nov. 18, 1831.
Bond for slave
title
Bond for slave
Subject
Slave trade, Louisiana, Slaveholders, Louisiana, Slavery, Louisiana, Slave records, Louisiana
Date created ms
1827-01-06
Abstract
Bond paid by Warner Oliver and James Baytop for use of a slave named "Hukey,"
Bill of sale of two slaves
title
Bill of sale of two slaves
Subject
Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave records, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, Sources, Slave trade, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, Sources, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, Sources, Slaves, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850
Date created ms
1804-10-26
Abstract
A bill of sale for two slaves, from Miellet to John McDonogh, Oct. 26, 1804.
178 Sugar and cotton plantation slaves!
title
178 Sugar and cotton plantation slaves!
Subject
Slave traders, United States, Slave trade, Louisiana, Slavery, United States, Broadsides, Auctions
Date created ms
1855-03
Abstract
Broadside for slave auction held March 13-14, 1855. Auction held for the benefit of the William M. Lambeth succession of the Waverly and Meredith plantations. The auctioneers are Beard & May. Auction held at Banks' Arcade on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Broadside includes the terms of sale.
Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a southern market
title
Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a southern market
Subject
Slave trade
Abstract
Sketch of African Americans crossing stream on foot, driven by men on horses.
John McDonogh papers. Folders 49-62, 1831-1834.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 49-62, 1831-1834.
Subject
Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Free African Americans, Louisiana, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slave trade, Louisiana, Slave records, Louisiana, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American farmers, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859
Date created ms
1831, 1834
Abstract
Primarily letters written by Andrew Durnford to John McDonogh regarding personal and business matters. The letters document the illness and eventual death of Durnford's mother, the status of his sugar crops, the pricing of his livestock, and the quantity of his debts. Also present is a bill of sale recording the purchase of John McDonogh's slave, Moses, by Durnford.
Slave for sale as advertised in a New Orleans newspaper in 1821.
title
Slave for sale as advertised in a New Orleans newspaper in 1821.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Slaves, Slave trade, Slavery, Bricks, Carpenters, Chauffeurs
Date Issued
1821-01-24
Abstract
Text, January 24, 1821. Negro for Sale. Slave for sale as advertised in a New Orleans newspaper. The sale was made by Michaud Gouvain & Company of St. Louis street. Published in the Louisiana Gazette.
Slave buys his wife and later himself from owner in Cheneyville, Louisiana.
title
Slave buys his wife and later himself from owner in Cheneyville, Louisiana.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, African Americans, Marriage, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade, Coopers, Spouses
Abstract
Text, date unknown. Cheneyville History: The Negro Man Who Saved Mommy To Buy Himself and Who Sold His Wife And Redeemed Her. An account of a slave who bought his wife and later himself from their owners in Cheneyville, Louisiana. The man was a cooper by profession. The couple were the only black members of the early Christian Church in Cheneyville.
Cane River collection, 1817-1820.
title
Cane River collection, 1817-1820.
Subject
Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer, Nicolas Augustin, 1768-1856, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Slave trade, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.)
Date created ms
1817, 1820
Abstract
Legal and business records of various people living in the Cane River area of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Papers related to free people of color include a slave bill of sale issued by Augustin Metoyer to M. In. Baptiste Florantin before Jean Pierre Marie Dubois, notary public. Documents in French except for mortgage.
Sale of one slave from a freed man of color, Pacalay, to a freed mulatto, Mr Nicollas Augustine Metoyer in Natchitoches Parish in 1813.
title
Sale of one slave from a freed man of color, Pacalay, to a freed mulatto, Mr Nicollas Augustine Metoyer in Natchitoches Parish in 1813.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade, Documents, African Americans
Date Issued
1813-03-29
Abstract
Text, March 29, 1813. Sale of one slave (Francois, aged 25), from a freed man of color, Pacalay, to a freed mulatto, Nicollas Augustine Metoyer in Natchitoches Parish in 1813. Witnesses are listed and the document is registered by P.D. Cailleau Lafontaine, Notary Public.
Private sale of slaves aged 55 to 9 years old by John Young in a New Orleans newspaper in 1820.
title
Private sale of slaves aged 55 to 9 years old by John Young in a New Orleans newspaper in 1820.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Slave trade, Slaves, Slavery
Date Issued
1820-05-26
Abstract
Text, May 26, 1820. For Sale. Private sale of slaves aged 55 to 9 years old by John Young in a New Orleans newspaper. Descriptions of each person are included. Published in the Louisiana Gazette.
' Black Code' during slavery in Louisiana.
title
Black Code' during slavery in Louisiana.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade, Slave rebellions, Freedmen, American Colonization Society, Homicides, African Americans, Punishment & torture, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850
Date Issued
1933-01-29
Abstract
Text, January 29, 1933. Two condensed articles by Robert Calhoun and Lane Kendall on the treatment of slaves and its effects in Louisiana in relation to the "Black Code". Calhoun's article claims slaves were treated better than imagined on account of their high value and therefore often lived well and happy, but mentions one instance of murder. The McDonogh article relates how the philanthropist created a system by which slaves could earn their freedom in 16 years. They were then sent to Liberia. He claimed to never have rebellions and constantly received praise from freed slaves.
John McDonogh papers. Folders 1-21, 1813-1860.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 1-21, 1813-1860.
Subject
Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slave trade, Louisiana, Slave records, Louisiana, Benefit auctions, Louisiana, Leases, Louisiana, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, African Americans, Education, Louisiana, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia
Date created ms
1813, 1860
Abstract
Chiefly contains letters written by John McDonogh to business associates regarding the acquisition and management of property. A few documents concern the purchase, education, emancipation, and repatriation of enslaved persons to Liberia. Also present is an auction catalog describing the Louisiana land tracts that the McDonogh Estate sold to benefit education.
Record of property sale in Natchitoches parish between Sieur Ailhaud Sainte Anne to Miss Marie Buard as officiated by Don Pedro Rousseau in 1786
title
Record of property sale in Natchitoches parish between Sieur Ailhaud Sainte Anne to Miss Marie Buard as officiated by Don Pedro Rousseau in 1786
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Land use, Selling, Contracts, Contract negotiations, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade
Date Issued
1976-09-29
Abstract
Text, September 29, 1786. Record of sale in Natchitoches parish between Sieur Ailhaud Ste. Anne to Miss Marie Buard as officiated by Don Pedro Rousseau, Captain of Infantry, Civil and Military Commander of the Post of Natchitoches and dependencies. The sale was made for six hundred dollars in cash. A slave named Good Humor was also exchanged with the property.
Salvador Panias proceeding, 1812 February 27.
title
Salvador Panias proceeding, 1812 February 27.
Subject
Pointe Coupée Parish (La.), History, 19th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Slaves, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Slave trade, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Auctions, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Legal documents
Date created ms
1812-02-27
Abstract
Procès-verbal (proceeding) of a public auction of properties belonging to Salvador Panias of Pointe Coupée Parish. Daniel, an enslaved man, fourteen years old, was sold to a free mulatto [name not given] for 570 piastres. A residential property was sold to the widow Découx for 8,000 piastres. Judge John Henry Ludeling conducted the sale. In French.
1741-08-11 French Superior Council record
title
1741-08-11 French Superior Council record
Subject
1741, French Colony, Colonialism, Louisiana, Convents, Nuns, Mother St. Pierre, Noyan, Blacks, Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade, Mental institutions, Mentally ill children, Mental health, Mentally ill persons, Ursuline
Date created ms
1741-08-11
Abstract
Letter from Mother St. Pierre, Superior of the Ursulines, to Monsier Noyan, asking for the removal of a negro girl who is insane. (See WPA abstract)
1765-11-16 French Superior Council record
title
1765-11-16 French Superior Council record
Subject
1765, Slave trade, Slavery, Slaves, Islands, Saint-Domingue, Haiti, Martinique, Condemnation, Robberies, Hospitals, French Colony, Colonialism, Louisiana
Date created ms
1765-11-16
Abstract
The condemnation of negro slave Basouvant, owned by Dame Trepanier, for theft of clothes from the hospital. The Council orders that he be lashed and branded with the letter "V" on his right shoulder. The Council also approves the sale of negroes and negresses coming from Saint-Domingue owned by Sr. Frejiere. It is noted that the decree rendered on July 9, 1763 concerning the importation of slaves from Saint-Domingue to Louisiana will apply as well to those from Martinique and other islands.

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