Black Craftspeople Digital Archive · Halbers Cavalier LA-BLA52

Halbers Cavalier LA-BLA52

Title: Halbers Cavalier LA-BLA52
Identifier: LA-BLA52
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: July 28, 1813
Trade: Blacksmith Apprentice
gender: Male
events: July 28, 1813, Halbers Cavalier is sponsered by his grandmother to apprentice to learn to be a blacksmith.
Transcription: In this indenture, Halbers Cavalier (described as a free man of color of 13 years of age)is sponsored by his grandmother Agnes Mathieu (described as a free negro) as an apprentice to Gillet & Bourgeace 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