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Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Ulzere et al v Poeyfarre, May 1820 [printed].

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Louisiana : Supreme Court, 1820.
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Ulzere and Frances were the children of a Native American slave, Mary Ann. Frances's two children, Marie Therese and Casimer, were the other two plaintiffs in this case. Mary Ann was a Chickasaw woman who was entrapped and passed into slavery and was owned by a planter named Songy in the parish of St James. It was unlawful to hold an Indian as a slave and Mary Ann travelled to New Orleans and was granted her freedom by the Spanish governor Baron de Carondelet. When Mary Ann died her children remained under the protection of Mr Songy. On the death of Mr Songy the defendant, Poeyfarre, as his heir took possession of the estate and detained the plaintiffs in slavery. The plaintiffs were successful in a parish court petition for their freedom and the defendant appealed on a number of grounds. The judge in this case annulled the judgment of the parish court to strike out two of the facts in the ruling and directed the case to be heard again in the parish court with further instructions.
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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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