Petition #20883128
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra July 1831. - August 16, 1831.
- Court: Police Jury
- Salutation: To the Honorable the President and the members of the Police Jury in and for the Parish of New Orleans
Abstract
Constance des Capucins, a free woman of color and a woman of some means and property, presents to the police jury that she has recently purchased her two-year-old niece named Juliette, from a free woman of color named Bellefine Bardoule, under the condition "sine qua non" that she would immediately proceed to the formalities required by law for emancipation. She explains that she is "possessed of some property" and intends not only to emancipate Juliette but to use her respectable means to educate her. She asks the police jury to authorize her to proceed with the manumission of her niece.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PAR #20882064; Extracts from Police Jury Deliberations, 2 July 1831, 13 August 1831, certified 13 August 1831; Act of Sale [Text in French], 1 July 1831, certified 2 July 1831; Petition to Parish Court, ca. 16 August 1816; Order, 16 August 1831; Sheriff's Return, 23 August 1831; Bond, 14 July 1831
- Pages of related documents: 11
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Citation information
Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Records of the Parish Court, Emancipation Petitions 1813-1843
- Page: frame 43B
- Microfilm: Reel #98-2
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