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Bibliography of State Slavery Statutes
326• An Act making appropriations for the
General Expenses of the State, for the fiscal
year ending thirty-first day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. [pp.
281, 283, 285]
327• An Act to provide a Revenue for the
support of the Government of this State,
[pp. 285-289]
328• An Act to reclaim and drain the Swamp
and Overflowed Lands donated to the State
of Louisiana by act of Congress, entitled
"An Act to aid the State of Louisiana in
draining the Swamp Lands therein," ap-
proved March the second, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine. [pp. 289-293]
Descriptors: Appropriations; Capital punish-
ment; Catahoula Parish, LA; Census; Claibome
Parish, LA; Courts; East Baton Rouge Parish,
LA; Emancipation; Franklin, LA; Free persons
of color; Free white males; Grosse Tete and
Baton Rouge Plank Road Co.; Highways and
roads; Hiring of slaves; Importation of slaves;
Incorporation of companies; Levees; Manumis-
sion; New Orleans, LA; Orleans Parish, LA;
Patrols; Police juries; Runaways; Sales of slaves;
St. Landry Parish, LA; St. Martin Parish, LA; St.
Mary Parish, LA; Taxation; Adam (slave);
Angele (slave); Cajus, J. B.; Celestine (slave);
Clara (slave); Coleman, Rebecca; Debuelet, Mrs.
Joseph; Dupeyre, Baptist; Eulalie (slave); Frazi-
er, Hal (mulatto man); Gustave (slave); Hebert,
Amaranthe; Jane Mary (slave); John (slave);
Hebert, Moise; Henrietta (slave); Henry (slave);
Justin (slave); Landry, Amadeo; Marie Justine
(slave); Melandy, Marie (slave); Merrick, E. V.;
Murphy, John B.; Palfrey, William T.; Pamela
(slave); Patsy (free person of color); Philip
(slave); Polney, Paul Desdunes; Robertson,
Desdemona (slave); Robertson, Elizabeth
(slave); Robertson, George (free person of color);
Robertson, William (slave); Rosie (slave); Scott,
Henry; Thomas, David; Wilkinson, John; Zoe
(slave)
LA-1854
Contains:
8• An Act to authorize Hypolite Chrétien
and Celestine Cantrelle, his wife, to dispose
of, by deed of sale or otherwise, a family of
slaves, [p. 9]
LA-1854
54• An Act authorizing W.C. Wilson to
emancipate his slave David, [pp. 34-35]
55• An Act to authorize John Cousin, of the
Parish of St. Tammany, to emancipate the
slave Frances and her three children, [p. 35]
56• An Act to authorize Mrs. S.A. Withers,
wife of Joseph M. Kennedy, to emancipate
her female slave, Clarisse, with permission
to remain in the State, [p. 36]
64• An Act for the relief of James J. Odom.
[p. 40]
103• An Act for the relief of Benjamin Borel,
of the Parish of St. Mary. [pp. 65-66]
130• An Act to authorize Judith Toutant,
wife of Alexander Legendre, to sell certain
slaves, [p. 91]
133• An Act entitled "an Act to reclaim and
drain the Swamp and Overflowed Lands of
the State of Louisiana, etc.," approved 30th
April, 1853, and to appropriate the sum of
three hundred thousand dollars to carry out
the provisions of this Act. [pp. 93,95-96,98]
134• An Act making appropriations for the
general expenses of the State, for the fiscal
year ending thirty-first day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. [pp.
98, 100, 102]
155• An Act to amend an Act entitled "an
Act to amend the several Acts relative to
Patrols," approved January 9th, 1821. [pp.
117-118]
174• An Act for the relief of Dr. Thomas J.
Buffmgton. [p. 127]
194• An Act authorizing Mathilda Laure
Olivier to mortgage her property, [pp.
136-137]
215• An Act to provide compensation to
owners of slaves condemned to death or the
Penitentiary, by the State, [p. 149]
230• An Act to grant to the Mayor and
Trustees of the Town of Shreveport, and to
the Police Jury of the Parish of Caddo,
power to establish Workhouses, [pp. 165-
167]
268• Resolution of the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana.
Approved March 16th, 1854. [pp. 173-174]
Descriptors: Abolitionists and abolition societies;
Appropriations; Baton Rouge, LA; Caddo
Parish, LA; Capital crimes; Capital punishment;
State Slavery Statutes 161