Free people of color
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
John W. Blassingame collection
Collection
Identifier: 051
Content Description
The collection consists of three reels of negative microfilm and 28 photocopies of successions, marriage contracts, and marriage entries. The latter are from registers of marriages of free persons of color at St. Louis Cathedral. The data for the microfilm reels were compiled from the appropriate decennial census of the United States for 1850, 1860, and 1870. Abstracted information is included about those persons of color who possessed $200 or more in property during the periods covered. The...
Dates:
Other: 1831-1879
Winston De Ville collection
Collection
Identifier: 2044
Content Description
Consists of an 1866 article of agreement between Samuel Haas and a freedman named Josephus for a twelve-month work contract. "Rations furnished by S. Haas. The aforesaid Josephus on his part agrees to work and act in all things according to the regulations of the Freedmans Bureau [sic] and shall never leave the premises without the knowledge and consent of his employer."Also includes historical essays by De Ville, "African-American Militiamen of New Orleans, 1792," "Free People...
Dates:
Other: 1866, 1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Winston De Ville collection
Detiege-Honore Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 2460
Content Description
This small collection consists predominantly of photocopies of original documents collected about the history of the Detiege-Honore family of St. Martinville, Louisiana. Most materials concern Emile Detiege, a Civil War veteran and politician during the Reconstruction period who served in both the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives. Detiege was a free man of color, and he organized a battalion of Black troops, the First Regiment, Corps d'Afrique in 1862. He...
Dates:
Other: 1873-1950
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Detiege-Honore Family papers
Walter Morial papers
Collection
Identifier: 630
Content Description
Walter Morial is the uncle of former Mayor of New Orleans, Marc Morial and the brother of Ernest “Dutch” Morial, who was the first African American Mayor of New Orleans. Walter Morial was a graduate of the University of Chicago and had various educational and social interests in New Orleans. The papers reflect his involvement with various clubs and educational institutions, and consist of correspondence files, working papers, memorabilia, and publications.Additionally, the...
Dates:
Other: 1797-1817, 1928-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Walter Morial papers