Petition #20884043

Abstract

Etienne Saulet and his adult children, Charles, Marie, and Charlotte, ask the court to order the sheriff to post the required emancipation notices so that they can free their female slave named Catiche Macarty, a sixty-five-year-old Creole. They vouch that Catiche Macarty is a good individual, who has never committed any crime and has always been respectful toward whites. In addition, she is capable of earning a living and will not be a charge to the parish [Original in French].

Result: Granted.

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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

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