Louis LA-BLA54

Title: Louis LA-BLA54
Identifier: LA-BLA54
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: August 19, 1820
Trade: Blacksmith Apprentice
Enslaver: Joseph Pietro
Events: Enslaved by Joseph Piero. August 19, 1820, Louis is sponsered by his enslaver to apprentice to learn to be a blacksmith
Home Location: New Orleans
Transcription: In this indenture, Louis (described as a negro slave of about 11 years of age) is sponsored by Joseph Pietro (described as a free negro) as an apprentice to Louis Gilles 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.
gender: Male