Black Craftspeople Digital Archive · Charles Smith LA-BLA50

Charles Smith LA-BLA50

Title: Charles Smith LA-BLA50
Identifier: LA-BLA50
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: April 13, 1831
Trade: Blacksmith Apprentice
gender: Male
events: April 13, 1831, Charles Smith is sponsered by his godfather to apprentice to learn to be a blacksmith.
Transcription: In this indenture, Charles Smith (described as a young free man of color of about 15 years of age and a native of Pointe Coupee) is sponsored by his godfather, Pierre Louis Lhermite, as an apprentice to Joseph St. Amant (described as a free man 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