Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Perrine v Planchard, March 1860.

The plaintiff, Perrine, a free woman of colour employed as a cook, alleged that, under the pretence of doing his duty as keeper of New Orleans jail, the defendant, Planchard, strapped her to a platform and gave her ten lashes of a whip, such treatment usually only being meted out to slaves. She clai...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. Court records Freemen Punishment Trials (Assault and battery)
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