Joseph St. Amant LA-BLA49
Item
-
Title
-
Joseph St. Amant LA-BLA49
-
Identifier
-
LA-BLA49
-
Subject
-
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American Blacksmiths
-
Source
-
New Orleans (La.) Office of the Mayor. Indentures, 1809-1843. Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library.
-
Date
-
June 12, 1832
-
Trade
-
Blacksmith Apprentice
-
gender
-
Male
-
events
-
June 12, 1832, Joseph St. Ament is sponsered by his mother to apprentice to learn to be a blacksmith.
-
Transcription
-
In this indenture, Joseph St. Amant (described as a free child of color of 15 years of age and a Creole of Louisiana) is sponsored by his mother, Azelie Lavigne (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to Joseph St. Amant (described as a free person of color) to learn to be a blacksmith. In French.</br></br>Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
-
homeLocation
-
New Orleans
