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Slavery -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Walter C. Campbell Slave Bill of Sale

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00190
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises one State of Louisiana slave sale document. It transfers ownership of an enslaved person named Albert from Walter L. Campbell of New Orleans to Paul Thibodeaux of Lafourche. The sale is dated in New Orleans on June 21, 1860 and recorded in Lafourche on July 12, 1860.

Dates: 1860
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Walter C. Campbell Slave Bill of Sale

Lafourche Parish Courthouse Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00188
Scope and Contents This collection spans 135 linear feet and dates from 1773 to 1983. The bulk of the materials date from approximately 1820 to 1941. The collection comprises vital, court, land, tax, and immigration records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. This includes records of birth, death, marriage, divorce, civil and criminal court cases, wills and estates, orphans and adoption, insolvency, lunacy, voters and elections, licenses, militias, oaths, schools, judgements and appeals, indenture, slave sales,...
Dates: 1773-1983; Majority of material found in 1820-1941
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Lafourche Parish Courthouse Records

Sheriff Lagarde Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00141
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1850 to 1873 and comprises legal documents, letters, receipts, and notes relating to law enforcement and personal property in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Materials of note include the estate of Jeannette Simoneaud Seely and several documents appointing individuals to serve as patrolmen prior to and during the Civil War. Several documents relate to purchases, inheritances, or laws regarding enslaved people in Lafourche Parish.

Dates: 1850-1873 and undated
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Sheriff Lagarde Papers

Martin-Pugh Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00012
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of title searches, business records, ledger books, correspondence, maps, invoices, and genealogies of the Littlejohn, Whitmell-Bryan, and Pugh-Martin families.

Dates: 1806-1887
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Martin-Pugh Family Collection

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