Jean Baptiste Claver LA-BLA51

Title: Jean Baptiste Claver LA-BLA51
Identifier: LA-BLA51
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: January 13, 1824
Trade: Blacksmith Apprentice
Events: January 13, 1824 Jean Baptiste Clavet is sponsered by his father to be an apprentice to leanr to be a blacksmith.
Home Location: New Orleans
Transcription: In this indenture, Jean Baptiste Clavet (described as a free negro of about 15 years of age) is sponsored by father, Pierre Clavet (described as a free negro man), as an apprentice to Nicholas Murray to learn to be a blacksmith.</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.
gender: Male