Item #41576 I CERTIFY THAT MR. PIERRE SOULE HAS APPEARED BEFORE ME, A NOTARY, AND HAS DECLARED THAT BY THESE PRESENTS HE GIVES THE LIBERTY AND ENFRANCHISEMENT IN FULL TO HIS SLAVE, MARIA, A MULATTO, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, AND HER CHILD, LOUISE, AGED ABOUT 5 YEARS, FOR THE GOOD SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE RENDERED. IN FAITH OF WHICH I HAVE SIGNED MY NAME AND HAVE AFFIXED MY OFFICIAL SEAL THIS 20TH MARCH 1834. H. PEDESCLAUX, NOTARY PUBLIC. Pierre Soule.
I CERTIFY THAT MR. PIERRE SOULE HAS APPEARED BEFORE ME, A NOTARY, AND HAS DECLARED THAT BY THESE PRESENTS HE GIVES THE LIBERTY AND ENFRANCHISEMENT IN FULL TO HIS SLAVE, MARIA, A MULATTO, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, AND HER CHILD, LOUISE, AGED ABOUT 5 YEARS, FOR THE GOOD SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE RENDERED. IN FAITH OF WHICH I HAVE SIGNED MY NAME AND HAVE AFFIXED MY OFFICIAL SEAL THIS 20TH MARCH 1834. H. PEDESCLAUX, NOTARY PUBLIC.

I CERTIFY THAT MR. PIERRE SOULE HAS APPEARED BEFORE ME, A NOTARY, AND HAS DECLARED THAT BY THESE PRESENTS HE GIVES THE LIBERTY AND ENFRANCHISEMENT IN FULL TO HIS SLAVE, MARIA, A MULATTO, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, AND HER CHILD, LOUISE, AGED ABOUT 5 YEARS, FOR THE GOOD SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE RENDERED. IN FAITH OF WHICH I HAVE SIGNED MY NAME AND HAVE AFFIXED MY OFFICIAL SEAL THIS 20TH MARCH 1834. H. PEDESCLAUX, NOTARY PUBLIC.

New Orleans: 1834. Notarized manumission manuscript in the French language. One leaf, 5-1/2" x 8," in ink script, affixed to a sheet with later typed translation. Handwriting lightly faded but still legible, Very Good. Signed by the Notary with his Seal.

In the original French, Maria is referred to as a "mulatresse." Pierre Soule, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, was a passionate Southern Rights man who would support the Mexican-American War, oppose the Compromise of 1850, endorse the spread of Slavery, and deeply resented Northern efforts to confine slavery to its southern domain. Item #41576

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