Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Bayon v Prevot, December 1815.

Bayon had a slave of mixed race who had escaped, was arrested and imprisoned in a jail in New Orleans. Prevot, a neighbour of Bayon, had taken it upon himself to take the slave out of jail when visiting the city and return him to the plaintiff. This was authorised by a letter from the plaintiff stat...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Boats and boating Court records Fugitive slaves Health Prisons Racially mixed people Louisiana > Lafourche Parish
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