palani
5th June 2012, 07:14 PM
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/law.slavery.freedom/files/final-adelaide-pdf.pdf
She refuses to deliver herself up as a slave of your Petitioner
Art 15 ... A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans ... Free men are those who have preserved their natural liberty, which consists in a right to do whatever one pleases, except insofar as one is restrained by law
Above is an interesting account of a Santo Domingo woman who succeeded in freeing herself from slavery and her continuing struggle to remain free later in New Orleans. She was free for a while in Cuba but forced out with the French when Napoleon went to war with Spain. It is an interesting account worth reading.
Here is a copy of the laws in force in the Territory of Orleans around 1808.
http://books.google.com/books?id=HW1GAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=usufruct&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JpzOT4ScL8TC2QXirNmxDA&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=usufruct&f=false
She refuses to deliver herself up as a slave of your Petitioner
Art 15 ... A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans ... Free men are those who have preserved their natural liberty, which consists in a right to do whatever one pleases, except insofar as one is restrained by law
Above is an interesting account of a Santo Domingo woman who succeeded in freeing herself from slavery and her continuing struggle to remain free later in New Orleans. She was free for a while in Cuba but forced out with the French when Napoleon went to war with Spain. It is an interesting account worth reading.
Here is a copy of the laws in force in the Territory of Orleans around 1808.
http://books.google.com/books?id=HW1GAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=usufruct&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JpzOT4ScL8TC2QXirNmxDA&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=usufruct&f=false