Nelson- LA-CAR185

Title: Nelson- LA-CAR185
Identifier: LA-CAR185
Subject: African American History--African American History to 1863 Carpenter, Wheelwright
Source: New Orleans Mayor's Register of Free Blacks
Date: 05/17/1859
Trade: Carpenter, Wheelwright
gender: Male
Enslaver: (Former) Thomas Giddings
events: Born in Virginia in 1801, arrived in New Orleans in 1813 at age 12, empancipated on May 11, 1835 at age 34, registered on May 17, 1859 at age 58
Notes: In the Register's Book 2, page 203
Transcription: Anglo-African, Negro, Sponsor: Recorded upon act of emancipation passed by Jno. Reid Esq. testamentary executor of the late Thomas Giddings before Charles W. Crawford on May 11, 1835 and Judgement of Parish on File Judge of East Baton Rouge
homeLocation: New Orleans