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Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Eulalie and her Descendants v Long and Mabry, June 1856 [printed].

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Louisiana : Supreme Court, 1856.
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Eulalie sued to confirm her freedom and that of her sixteen children and grandchildren. She won her case at the District Court. Formerly the slave of the late Simon Porche, Eulalie had married his wife's half brother, a free man of colour. With her master's permission she lived with her husband as a free woman. Prior to her death, Mrs Porche spoke often about officially emancipating Eulalie and her children and grandchildren but didn't initiate proceedings. After the death of Mrs Porche, Eulalie and her family were taken by gunpoint from their home and sold to the defendants at a slave market for [dollars] 12,000. The defendants appealed the decision of the lower court. The Supreme Court affirmed judgement in favour of the plaintiffs with Justice Henry Spofford and Justice James Neilson Lea concurring.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.
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Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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Material sourced from the Louisiana and Special Collections of the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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